Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 6 May 2006 22:37:56 +0200 | From | "Björn Nilsson" <> | Subject | Re: 3COM 3C940, does not work anymore after upgrade to 2.6.15 |
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Disregard my earlier theories about this problem, they where completely wrong.
Turns out it wasnt a Linux, skge or kernel version related problem at all. After rebooting about 10 times and swapping network cards in my computer a couple of times today, I tracked it down to the new router/adsl-modem my ISP has supplied me with. It turns off its ethernet port when nothing is connected to it for some reason. Doesnt turn it on again until I reboot it with some network device connected and powered on. This made me draw the wrong conclusions about versions etc earlier, sorry about that.
Regards /Björn
On 5/1/06, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote: > > If this bug is still present in 2.6.17-rc3, could you please raise a report > at bugzilla.kernel.org so we can track it? > > Thanks. > > > Björn Nilsson <bni.swe@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have a problem with the network card attached to my motherboard > > after doing an upgrade of the kernel from 2.6.11 to 2.6.15. > > > > The Motherboard is an ASUS P4P800, and the network card is 3COM 3C940 > > and is afaik a variant of SysKonnect SK-98xx. > > > > It worked with 2.6.15 until I shut the system down and started it up > > again for the first time with 2.6.15 running, and now the card does > > not work anymore. The driver is loaded, and it detects that the cable > > is plugged in and the interface is brought up (so says dmesg). The > > green led on the card is now turned off, it used to be on before. > > > > I have tried to reinstall the system from scratch (Using Debian 3.1 > > installer cd), and to my astonishment the card is not working like it > > used to. > > > > It seems like 2.6.15 set the card in some state so it does not work > > anymore. Is this even possible? I have tried power cycling, even > > disconnected the power coord from the computer. > > > > When i used 2.6.11 I was using the sk98lin driver, when upgrading it > > is possible the newer skge driver was used, however I am not sure. > > > > Debian installer 3.1 uses 2.6.8 kernel with sk98lin driver. > > > > I have found others with the same/similar problem: > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100258 > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-netdev&m=112268414417743&w=2 > > > > But for me the card does not work even with 2.6.15. I dont have > > Wind*ws to test with, so I cant test the solution in one of the above > > emails. > > > > If the driver in 2.6.15 breaks cards of this type it is qiute a > > serious bug I think. Anyone have any suggestions as to how I can try > > to fix this? Reset the card in some way maybe? > > > > Please CC me. > > > > Regards > > /Björn > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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