Bug 1855
Summary: | (net de4x5) does not work with SMP | ||
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Product: | Drivers | Reporter: | Thomas Zehetbauer (thomasz) |
Component: | Network | Assignee: | Jeff Garzik (jgarzik) |
Status: | REJECTED UNREPRODUCIBLE | ||
Severity: | high | CC: | bunk, nacc |
Priority: | P2 | ||
Hardware: | i386 | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
Kernel Version: | 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3 | Subsystem: | |
Regression: | --- | Bisected commit-id: | |
Attachments: | Patch for de2104x driver |
Description
Thomas Zehetbauer
2004-01-12 19:34:32 UTC
Driver is still broken in 2.6.2, does not even produce an oops message anymore. Problem persists in current kernel 2.6.3. Created attachment 4793 [details]
Patch for de2104x driver
The attached patch should get the de2104x driver working for you, which will
obviate the need to fix the de4x5 driver. The de2104x driver seems to work OK
in an SMP kernel. The problem with the de2104x driver has always been that some
de21041 cards have defective (or even non-existent) circuitry to test if the
link is down. This was never a problem for the Windows driver since the Windows
drivers were normally installed with link detection off. This patch turns off
link detection for twisted pair (both half and full duplex).
Thomas, did Troy's patch fix your issues? Thanks, Nish Unfortunately I cannot tell, I have replaced that machine before the patch became available. |