From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261501AbUL3Buz (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Dec 2004 20:50:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261504AbUL3Buy (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Dec 2004 20:50:54 -0500 Received: from mail.tmr.com ([216.238.38.203]:48582 "EHLO gaimboi.tmr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261501AbUL3Bus (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Dec 2004 20:50:48 -0500 Message-ID: <41D3615F.4090205@tmr.com> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 21:01:03 -0500 From: Bill Davidsen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040616 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Terry Hardie CC: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: Asus P4C800-E Deluxe and Intel Pro/1000 References: <200411112003.43598.Gregor.Jasny@epost.de><6.1.1.1.0.20041108074026.01dead50@ptg1.spd.analog.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Terry Hardie wrote: > Well, this has been plauging me for months, and finally figured it out. > > Any 2.6 kernel on my board, would boot, then give errors (paraphrased, > sorry) when I tried to bring up the ethernet: > > NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out > IRQ #18: Nobody cared! > > And no ethernet conectivity. > > The Fix: Update bios from asus' website. I guess their ACPI was screwed > up. This is the second time I've had to update this MB to fix > incompatibilities with Linux. So, watch out with Asus boards on Linux. > > BTW - Linux 2.4's driver worked fine with the old bios. Only 2.6 didn't > work. I'm having that problem, although I didn't with 2.6.7. I'll grab the latest BIOS, I have the P4P800 installed, and a P4P800-E deluxe in the box with CPU and parts to make it work. Just no particular need for another system at this instant. I think it *may* be related to the VIA RAID controller, although I haven't had time to do reboots to see, since I'm trying to get the *&*^%&^% i810 audio into 4 channel mode at the moment, which I need more than 2.6. Actually, until 2.6 will use the VIA controller I can't run it full time anyway. -- bill davidsen CTO TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979