Re: PROBLEM: network driver causes kernel panic

[Jeff Garzik]

Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> This confirms that eth1 is a 21041 driven by the de2104x driver.
>
> I've seen something very similar to Casey's problem, on a PowerMac
> with a built-in 21041. Booting it with no network cable connected
> causes a timer to hit a BUG() in de2104x about a second after
> the device is ifup:d.
>
> The 2.4 kernel's tulip driver works just fine.
>
> I reported this last year, but nothing happened.


Well, I'm very interested in debugging it.  There were a flurry of 
de2104x patches in the past year, I thought that took care of the issues.

Please email details to netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx and jgarzik@xxxxxxxxxxxx

	Jeff


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