Re: 3COM 3C940, does not work anymore after upgrade to 2.6.15

["Björn Nilsson" <bni.swe@gmail.com>]

Disregard my earlier theories about this problem, they where completely wrong.

Turns out it wasnt a Linux, skge or kernel version related problem at
all. After rebooting about 10 times and swapping network cards in my
computer a couple of times today, I tracked it down to the new
router/adsl-modem my ISP has supplied me with. It turns off its
ethernet port when nothing is connected to it for some reason. Doesnt
turn it on again until I reboot it with some network device connected
and powered on. This made me draw the wrong conclusions about versions
etc earlier, sorry about that.

Regards
/Björn

On 5/1/06, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote:
>
> If this bug is still present in 2.6.17-rc3, could you please raise a report
> at bugzilla.kernel.org so we can track it?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Björn Nilsson <bni.swe@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a problem with the network card attached to my motherboard
> > after doing an upgrade of the kernel from 2.6.11 to 2.6.15.
> >
> > The Motherboard is an ASUS P4P800, and the network card is 3COM 3C940
> > and is afaik a variant of SysKonnect SK-98xx.
> >
> > It worked with 2.6.15 until I shut the system down and started it up
> > again for the first time with 2.6.15 running, and now the card does
> > not work anymore. The driver is loaded, and it detects that the cable
> > is plugged in and the interface is brought up (so says dmesg). The
> > green led on the card is now turned off, it used to be on before.
> >
> > I have tried to reinstall the system from scratch (Using Debian 3.1
> > installer cd), and to my astonishment the card is not working like it
> > used to.
> >
> > It seems like 2.6.15 set the card in some state so it does not work
> > anymore. Is this even possible? I have tried power cycling, even
> > disconnected the power coord from the computer.
> >
> > When i used 2.6.11 I was using the sk98lin driver, when upgrading it
> > is possible the newer skge driver was used, however I am not sure.
> >
> > Debian installer 3.1 uses 2.6.8 kernel with sk98lin driver.
> >
> > I have found others with the same/similar problem:
> > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100258
> > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-netdev&m=112268414417743&w=2
> >
> > But for me the card does not work even with 2.6.15. I dont have
> > Wind*ws to test with, so I cant test the solution in one of the above
> > emails.
> >
> > If the driver in 2.6.15 breaks cards of this type it is qiute a
> > serious bug I think. Anyone have any suggestions as to how I can try
> > to fix this? Reset the card in some way maybe?
> >
> > Please CC me.
> >
> > Regards
> > /Björn
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