Bug 970

Summary: Broadcom 4401 link is down
Product: Drivers Reporter: bmc (bmc_)
Component: NetworkAssignee: Jeff Garzik (jgarzik)
Status: REJECTED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: P2    
Hardware: i386   
OS: Linux   
Kernel Version: 2.6.0-test1 Subsystem:
Regression: --- Bisected commit-id:

Description bmc 2003-07-20 10:06:47 UTC 
Distribution: Debian GNU/Linux Unstable
Hardware Environment: Notebook Acer TM 800LCI, Ethernet controller Broadcom 4401
100 Base-T
Software Environment: module-init-tools 0.9.13-pre-1
Problem Description:
This ethernet controller, which is handled by b44.ko network card driver module
in 2.5 and 2.6 kernels, can't send ethernet packets. The driver sees the link as
down whereas the 2.4 driver, not available in the 2.4 official tree (bcm4400.o
module), functions correctly.

Steps to reproduce:
modprobe b44
configure the corresponding ethernet device (either by /etc/init.d/networking
start or manually with ifconfig)
module reports link as being down
Comment 1 bmc 2003-07-20 23:47:40 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 257 ***