Bug 43148

Summary:	BAD: Module doesn't work for the 21040 NIC
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Kim Futtrup Petersen <wintersilence>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	7.1	CC:	pekkas
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Description Kim Futtrup Petersen 2001-06-01 12:21:01 UTC

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Description of problem:
The RedHat startup-script says it initializes eth0 fine but this is NOT 
true. The driver/module for the DEC 21040 / Tulip network adapter
is BROKEN on RedHat 7.1. The card looses the connection to the hub/switch 
when it's initialized by the start-up script.

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Boot with the 21040 adapter in the machine
2.Do ifdown eth0 to down the network adapter
3.Do ifup eth0 and it fails to load the module.
	

Actual Results:  Nothing - which is the problem ;) My network adapter 
still doesn't work.

Expected Results:  The module should have loaded and networking worked.

Additional info:

It's pretty bad that anaconda / the installer finds and configures the 
network adapter at installation time, but the card doesn't work.

Comment 1 Pekka Savola 2001-07-22 19:28:43 UTC

This is related to drivers, changing to kernel component.

This might also be a local configuration issue; check:
 1) dmesg output when loading the driver
 2) whether your switch is using autonegotiation (probably yes); if not, you need to tune /etc/modules.conf
 3) 'lspci' output; which driver is used?
 4) 'mii-tool -v'.

Comment 2 Arjan van de Ven 2001-07-22 19:33:07 UTC

Also, does the de4x5 driver work instead of the tulip driver work ?

Comment 3 Alan Cox 2003-06-06 13:07:54 UTC

Closed: Inactive