From: Lee Howard <faxguy@howardsilvan.com>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Cc: c-d.hailfinger.kernel.2004@gmx.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.7-rc1 breaks forcedeth
Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 15:59:01 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040530225901.GA2399@bilbo.x101.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <40BA17DF.4040706@pobox.com>; from jgarzik@pobox.com on Sun, May 30, 2004 at 10:20:31 -0700
On 2004.05.30 10:20 Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 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...
I didn't have ACPI built-in to the kernel. So, I added it, and then
the network started working again.
So, in 2.6.6 I didn't need ACPI to have network access, but with 2.6.7
I do. Is this a bug or a feature?
Lee.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-05-30 22:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-05-30 15:57 2.6.7-rc1 breaks forcedeth Lee Howard
2004-05-30 17:20 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-05-30 22:59 ` Lee Howard [this message]
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2004-05-30 17:54 Luis Miguel García Mancebo
2004-05-30 20:47 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-05-31 0:29 jjluza
2004-06-05 23:41 Luis Miguel García Mancebo
2004-06-05 23:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-06-06 1:59 ktech
2004-06-06 3:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-06-06 8:36 ` Manfred Spraul
2004-06-06 17:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-06-06 18:13 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-06-06 18:21 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-06-06 18:32 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-06-06 12:10 ktech
2004-06-06 12:53 ` Vincent van de Camp
2004-06-06 13:40 ` Manfred Spraul
2004-06-06 14:17 ` Manfred Spraul
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2004-06-06 13:31 ` Daniel Schmitt
2004-06-06 13:49 jjluza
2004-06-16 18:40 David Mansfield
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