Bug#321403: 8139too network driver won't work with my card (it did with 2.6.8)
Package: kernel-source-2.6.11
Version: 2.6.11-7
Severity: important
Hi there!
When I tried to upgrade my kernel from 2.6.8 to 2.6.11,
I was shocked to see that my Ethernet card stopped working.
I am using the standard Debian kernel sources to build my own kernels.
I tested kernel-source-2.6.10, and (because kernel-source-2.6.9 is no longer
in Debian) the vanilla linux-2.6.9 from kernel.org, and neither of them worked.
So it seems the thing broke from 2.6.8 to 2.6.9.
* * *
My card is: (lspci output on 2.6.8)
0000:00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
The 2.6.8 kernel says this, then loading the driver:
8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.27
eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xe281c000, 00:20:18:8d:3d:40, IRQ 10
eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8139B'
With, 2.6.11, at first it seems to be OK, too:
eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xe2a38000, 00:20:18:8d:3d:40, IRQ 10
eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8139B'
eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1
...but when I try to send out data, it says:
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
eth0: Transmit timeout, status 0c 0005 c07f media 00.
eth0: Tx queue start entry 4 dirty entry 0.
eth0: Tx descriptor 0 is 0008a156. (queue head)
eth0: Tx descriptor 1 is 0008a156.
eth0: Tx descriptor 2 is 0008a156.
eth0: Tx descriptor 3 is 0008a156.
eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1
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Since until this is resolved, I am stucked to 2.6.8, I am very eager to help you
debugging this. Please tell me how can I help you to fix this.
Kristof Csillag
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8
Locale: LANG=hu_HU, LC_CTYPE=hu_HU (charmap=ISO-8859-2)
Versions of packages kernel-source-2.6.11 depends on:
(irrelevant)
-- no debconf information
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