Hi, The patch in: http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0406.3/1399.html causes the forcedeth driver to fail for me. See: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=128292 for a description of the symptoms. Basically it says: kernel: eth0: no link during initialization. Works fine if I back out that patch. Tim. */