From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262707AbTLSLjy (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Dec 2003 06:39:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262746AbTLSLjx (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Dec 2003 06:39:53 -0500 Received: from modemcable178.89-70-69.mc.videotron.ca ([69.70.89.178]:4480 "EHLO montezuma.fsmlabs.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262707AbTLSLjS (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Dec 2003 06:39:18 -0500 Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 06:38:30 -0500 (EST) From: Zwane Mwaikambo To: =?iso-8859-1?q?ewan=20paton?= cc: Linux Kernel , netdev@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: PROBLEM with intel gigabit ethernet driver bug In-Reply-To: <20031219071539.18693.qmail@web25110.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Message-ID: References: <20031219071539.18693.qmail@web25110.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, [iso-8859-1] ewan paton wrote: > i hate to bother you but i feel certain there is a > problem with the intel gigabit ehernet driver in the > 2.6 kernel, i have an Intel Corp. 82544GC Gigabit > Ethernet Controller and run gentoo this driver works > fine with in 2.4 sources but i have tried multiple 2.6 > sources and it just fails to bring the ethernet up. it > did used to work in older development releases but > when they went into the 2.6test phase. > i am sure it is present in kernels 2.6test6 to 2.6 but > cant remember the last one it worked with sorry > if i can provide any config files etc i will gladly > send them and if this is a problem on my end i am very > sorry for wasting your time but i have spent over a > month trying to find a fix Try sending in your .config and a bit more information like perhaps dmesg. I just tested 2.6.0 with 82543GC, there might be slightly different code paths in a few places but lets see what else you can dig up. Thanks