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Re: Problems receiving packets on i82559
- From: Andrew Lunn <andrew dot lunn at ascom dot ch>
- To: "Nikhil R." <nikhil_r at mindtree dot com>
- Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew dot lunn at ascom dot ch>, ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 12:08:56 +0100
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] Problems receiving packets on i82559
- References: <E125980C421DFD4DA0B80D55DB1EDA58BEFA37@mtv01ex01.mindtree.com>
On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 04:33:22PM +0530, Nikhil R. wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
>
> Thanx for ur help. to answer some of ur questions.....
>
> We have checked the MAC address. It is the same as the MAC address we get
> when using Redboot. It is printing the MAC address correctly.
>
> We r able to send packets out without calling init_all_network_interfaces.
> But the problem is with receiving. The other thing is we dont want the
> application to make a call to init_all_network_interfaces or any other
> similar function. Is it possible to have the interface up continously so tht
> we dont need to call any function as part of the application?
>
> We called eth_drv_start at the end of our initialization procedure. As a
> result of this we received some interrupts but this again stopped after
> sometime.
You need to explain what you are trying to achieve in more detail. You
seem to be doing something very strange, so we need some more
background information to tell you if its possible to do what you want
to do.
Andrew
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