Bug#541169: linux-image-2.6.30-1-amd64 : sis190 driver doesn't work with Ethernet Adpator

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 06:27:19AM +0200, Pierre Meurisse wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.30-1-amd64
> Version: 2.6.30-5
> Severity: important
> 
> My Ethernet device is unusable with amd64 kernels (2.6.26 ... 2.6.30).
> When connected to a dhcp server, the system gets a IP address, but
> no connection is possible 

You might have been bitten by 
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=744c6b2976778ac6944e580fc413842df85be84e ?

Please test a 2.6.31-rcX snapshot from  http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel
to check whether it fixes your problem.

Cheers,
        Moritz