From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 28 May 2001 22:11:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 28 May 2001 22:11:01 -0400 Received: from venus.postmark.net ([207.244.122.71]:61191 "HELO venus.postmark.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 28 May 2001 22:10:58 -0400 Message-ID: <20010529011152.9622.qmail@venus.postmark.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 From: J Brook To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com Subject: Re: Current tulip driver from 2.4.5 is plain broken Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 01:11:52 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Michal Jaegermann wrote: > I mentioned that before but this should be stated clearly. As far > as I am concerned "Linux Tulip driver version 0.9.15-pre2 (May 16, > 2001)", as used in 2.4.5 - and other kernels - is totally buggered. > It comes up, and ethernet interfaces can be configured, but does > not matter how I am playing with options I cannot get a single > packet through. > > Replacing it in 2.4.5 with "Linux Tulip driver version 0.9.14d > (April 3, 2001)", which I have handy, restores sanity immediately > and a network simply works without any heroic efforts. > > My NIC is "Digital DS21143 Tulip rev 65 at 0x8800". BTW - a > version "tulip-1.1.7" from sourceforge behaves exactly like > 0.9.15-pre2. I see exactly the same (broken!) behaviour here. The last kernel that works for me in 2.4.4-ac6, which I'm running at the moment. All subsequent -ac kernels and 2.4.5-pre4 and above are broken. I reported the bug last week. Quick system summary: RH7.1, Duron, KT133, Network card chip "Digital 21041-AA". I get the same problem as above (working kernels set half-duplex, broken kernels set full-duplex). More details available on request, or at http://boudicca.tux.org/hypermail/linux-kernel/2001week21/0278.html Thanks! John ---------------- jbk@postmark.net