Re: 2.6.7-rc1 breaks forcedeth

["Luis Miguel García Mancebo" <ktech@wanadoo.es>]

> Lee Howard wrote:
> > I use the forcedeth driver for my nVidia ethernet successfully with 
> > kernel 2.6.6.  I recently tested 2.6.7-rc1, and when using it the 
> > ethernet does not work, and I see this in dmesg:
> > 
> > eth1: forcedeth.c: subsystem: 01043:80a7 bound to 0000:00:04.0
> > NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
> > NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
> > NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
> > NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
> > NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
> > 
> > I can ping localhost and the device's IP number, but I cannot ping other 
> > systems' IP numbers.
> 
> 
> Well, there are zero changes to the driver itself, so I would guess ACPI 
> perhaps...
> 
> Try booting with 'acpi=off' or 'noapic' or 'pci=noacpi' or similar...
> 
>         Jeff

The same here with nforce2 too. Actually I cannot test that, but I can confirm 
problems with the ethernet driver in -rc1. Perhaps I can test on tuesday if 
-rc2 works or the options you mention above.

Now that you remember me... I remember seeing one message... something about 
problems with IRQ # 9.

Thanks.,
-- 
Luis Miguel García Mancebo
Universidad de Deusto / Deusto University
Spain