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Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 16:57:58 -0300
From: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com>
To: Tetsuo Handa <a5497108@anet.ne.jp>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, davem@redhat.com
Subject: Re: TG3 doesn't work in kernel 2.4.27
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On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 01:53:49AM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm using tg3.o with DHCP and PXE boot environment
> and I updated from 2.4.26 to 2.4.27,
> but tg3.o became not working with IBM BladeCenter.
> 
> I think tg3.o in 2.4.27 is generating something broken arp.
> When I run 'arp' in the DHCP server (who doesn't use tg3.o),
> the entry with <incomplete> status appears.
> The IP address which has the <incomplete> status is
> the DHCP client's (who is using tg3.o in 2.4.27).
> 
> The workaround I took is to replace tg3.h and tg3.c
> in 2.4.27 with the files in 2.4.26, and it seems working fine.

David Miller is the tg3 maintainer, he will help you.