linux-kernel - Re: [2.6.20] Regression in dmfe driver

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Message-ID: <m27iuvhbhc.fsf@vador.mandriva.com>
Date:	Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:38:39 +0100
From:	Thierry Vignaud <tvignaud@...driva.com>
To:	Thomas Bächler <thomas@...hlinux.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6.20] Regression in dmfe driver

Thomas Bächler <thomas@...hlinux.org> writes:

> Commit 7628b0a8c01a02966d2228bdf741ddedb128e8f8 (drivers/net/tulip/dmfe:
> support basic carrier detection) breaks networking on my Davicom DM9009.
> ethtool always reports there is no link. tcpdump shows incoming packets,
> but TX is disabled. Reverting the above patch fixes the problem.

disable link detection in your network config then (eg:
MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes in ifcfg-XXX depending on the distro).
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