Re: 2.6.7-rc1 breaks forcedeth

[Jeff Garzik]

Lee Howard wrote:
> I use the forcedeth driver for my nVidia ethernet successfully with 
> kernel 2.6.6.  I recently tested 2.6.7-rc1, and when using it the 
> ethernet does not work, and I see this in dmesg:
>
> eth1: forcedeth.c: subsystem: 01043:80a7 bound to 0000:00:04.0
> NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
> NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
> NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
> NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
> NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
>
> I can ping localhost and the device's IP number, but I cannot ping other 
> systems' IP numbers.


Well, there are zero changes to the driver itself, so I would guess ACPI 
perhaps...

Try booting with 'acpi=off' or 'noapic' or 'pci=noacpi' or similar...

	Jeff


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