From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261171AbVFQWWQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Jun 2005 18:22:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261181AbVFQWWQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Jun 2005 18:22:16 -0400 Received: from ns1.g-housing.de ([62.75.136.201]:58839 "EHLO mail.g-house.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261171AbVFQWWM (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Jun 2005 18:22:12 -0400 Message-ID: <42B34D12.70008@g-house.de> Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:22:10 +0200 From: Christian Kujau User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050404) X-Accept-Language: de-DE, de, en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linux Kernel Mailing List CC: Manfred Spraul Subject: Re: forcedeth as a module only? References: <200506171804.j5HI4qoh027680@dbl.q-ag.de> <42B31749.90208@g-house.de> <42B336FC.9000400@colorfullife.com> In-Reply-To: <42B336FC.9000400@colorfullife.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.90.2.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Manfred Spraul schrieb: > Very interesting. The message itself is not fatal: It merely means that > there was no link during ifup. This typically happens when the hardware > initialization was not yet finished during ifup. Theoretically, an > interrupt should happen when the hardware initialization is completed > and that interrupt then sets up the link. > Somehow it doesn't work for you. could be the hardware's fault too? it's an onboard NIC on an nforce chipset and the lspci i attached in the last mail looks rather strange (compared to the r8169 (eth1) entry). > Could you try the attached patch? It polls for link changes instead of > relying on the irq. Additionally, I have enabled some debug output. off to reboot in a second... thanks, Christian. PS: on a side note, did you get my "other" mail concerning your mail address? -- BOFH excuse #122: because Bill Gates is a Jehovah's witness and so nothing can work on St. Swithin's day.