Bug#321403: 8139too network driver won't work with my card (it did with 2.6.8)
Hi,
2006-01-03, k keltezéssel 22.16-kor Christian Aichinger ezt írta:
> > > could you try out that bios workaround:
> > > http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0403.1/1537.html
> did you have time to test it? Did it work out?
To quote a former letter of mine:
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From: Csillag Kristof <csillag@sztaki.hu>
To: maximilian attems <debian@sternwelten.at>
CC: 321403@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#321403: 8139too network driver won't work with my card
(it did with 2.6.8)
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 18:19:34 +0200
2005-08-21, v keltezéssel 12.12-kor maximilian attems ezt írta:
> urrgs, but that seem to match upstream bugs thread.
> could you try out that bios workaround:
> http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0403.1/1537.html
That won't work, since there is no such setting in my bios.
Kristof
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> According to the kernel.org bugtracker this problem seems to be
> related to a broken DSDT table supplied by the BIOS, and there
> doesn't seem to be a simple generic way to work around this in the
> Linux kernel.
But then why do older kernel versions (up to 2.6.8) work ok?
> So I'm closing this bug now, if the problem persists and you think
> there's a way for Linux to detect the broken BIOS and work around
> it, feel free to reopen the bug.
I am sad to hear it, but since I don't have enough time to dig into this
right now, I have no other option but to accept this, and keep going on
using the box with ACPI=off.
Best wishes:
Kristof Csillag
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Csillag Kristof <csillag@sztaki.hu>
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