NM ignoring interfaces

[Mohammed Arafat Kamaal <makamaal linux gmail com>]

Hi,

I am trying get NM working on a embedded linux platform. The ethernet
controller is built on SoC(Its not a separate device). The chip vendor
provides the drivers as part of the Board support package.

When NM is started it just ignores the interfaces, and doesn't do any
more operations. From the messages it appears to be a driver issue. Any
patches/workarounds for this issue?

When I Start NM I get the following message:

NetworkManager: <info>  starting...
NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the modem-manager...
NetworkManager:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: init!
NetworkManager:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: update_system_hostname
NetworkManager:    SCPluginIfupdown: management mode: managed
NetworkManager:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/eth0, iface: eth0)
NetworkManager:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path:
/sys/devices/virtual/net/eth0, iface: eth0): no ifupdown configuration
found.
NetworkManager:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/eth1, iface: eth1)
NetworkManager:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path:
/sys/devices/virtual/net/eth1, iface: eth1): no ifupdown configuration
found.
NetworkManager:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/lo, iface: lo)
NetworkManager:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path:
/sys/devices/virtual/net/lo, iface: lo): no ifupdown configuration
found.
NetworkManager:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: end _init.
NetworkManager: Loaded plugin ifupdown: (C) 2008 Canonical Ltd.  To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
NetworkManager: Loaded plugin keyfile: (c) 2007 - 2008 Red Hat, Inc.  To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
NetworkManager: <info>  WiFi enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
NetworkManager: <info>  WWAN enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
NetworkManager:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: (5130848) ... get_connections.
NetworkManager:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: (5130848) connections count: 0
NetworkManager: <WARN>  device_creator(): /sys/devices/virtual/net/eth0: couldn't determine device driver; ignoring...
NetworkManager: <WARN>  device_creator(): /sys/devices/virtual/net/eth1: couldn't determine device driver; ignoring...
ifup: interface lo already configured

Regards,
MAK.