Re: 2.5.65: 3C905 driver doesn't work.

From: Jos Hulzink (josh@stack.nl)
Date: Fri Mar 21 2003 - 12:31:24 EST


On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Dave Jones wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 04:18:36PM +0100, Jos Hulzink wrote:
>
> > 2.5.65 doesn't connect to my network via my network card:
> >
> > 00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905 100BaseTX [Boomerang]
> >
> > My switch does show a link, but the dhcpcd negotiation fails, and no activity
> > is shown.
> >
> > All kernel logs look normal, no errors, card is detected correctly.
>
> try booting with..
> "acpi=off"
> "noapic"
> "acpi=off noapic"
>
> For me, the third one gets it working again on two boxes.
> Without that, packets are sent, but nothing is ever recieved.
>

For me, the third option results in a kernel panic very early during boot
:( I'm trying to get more info out of it.

Other options untested yet.

Jos
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