From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 10 Jun 2001 04:39:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 10 Jun 2001 04:39:20 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:45073 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 10 Jun 2001 04:39:13 -0400 Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 09:38:38 +0100 From: Russell King To: Ben LaHaise Cc: Andrew Morton , hofmang@ibm.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 3C905b partial lockup in 2.4.5-pre5 and up to 2.4.6-pre1 Message-ID: <20010610093838.A13074@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <3B22CEF9.6DEB1A66@uow.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from bcrl@redhat.com on Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 01:54:13AM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 01:54:13AM -0400, Ben LaHaise wrote: > I doubt it's related to pump: a few times I've seen the 3c59x driver drop > the first few transmit packets. Try loading the driver as a module and > putting the whole modprobe ; ifconfig ; ping set of commands > into a script and watch what happens. This goes for all ethernet driver > writers. Is this a change of requirements for ethernet drivers? Many other drivers do exactly the same (drop the first few packets while they're negotiating with a hub), unless they're using 10base2, even back to the days of 2.0 kernels. -- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html