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...