Bug#405203: linux-2.6: tulip module handles dmfe cards

[Jurij Smakov <jurij@wooyd.org>]

On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 08:16:27PM +0100, Rafael Steiner wrote:
> Subject: linux-2.6: tulip module handles dmfe cards
> Package: linux-2.6
> Version: 2.6.18-3
> Severity: normal
> Tags: patch
> 
> 
> Davicom NICs (dmfe Kernel module) are handled with the tulip module, so
> network access does not work, the following error Message appears in
> dmesg:
> 
> tulip_stop_rxtx() failed
> 
> Ubuntu users also reported this problem and fixed it:
> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/48287
> 
> The patch for this problem can be found here:
> http://librarian.launchpad.net/3009951/tulip_patch.diff

This problem has been known for a while, and this patch is not a valid 
solution (see the discussion in bug 334104). As a workaround you can 
blacklist the tulip module from loading by doing:

echo 'blacklist tulip' > /etc/modprobe.d/tulip-blacklist

Best regards,
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Jurij Smakov                                           jurij@wooyd.org
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