Bug 58079

Summary:	installer hangs as tulip driver tries to initialize smc etherpower
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Need Real Name <ely>
Component:	installer	Assignee:	Brent Fox <bfox>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Version:	7.2
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Description Need Real Name 2002-01-08 00:14:20 UTC

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Description of problem:
the version of the tulip driver (0.9.15-pre6) provided on the redhat 7.2
bootnet.img
has a known bug which affects many cards, in particular my netcard, the smc
etherpower (chip: Digital DC21041 Tulip rev 17).

the link LED illuminates when the driver initializes but not data is sent or
received.

the installation cannot proceed

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.boot from bootnet.img	
2.wait for tulip driver to initialize	
3.be bummed out because the provided driver is a problematic developer's version
	

Additional info:

the 0.9.14 version of tulip which was provided in 7.1 works fine

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2002-01-09 01:39:43 UTC

If you transfer the drvnet.img to a floppy and boot with 'linux noprobe' and use
F2 to use a driver disk when prompted about drivers, does the other tulip driver
(tulip_old) work any better?

Comment 2 Brent Fox 2002-01-21 05:51:17 UTC

ely, any info here?

Comment 3 Brent Fox 2002-01-27 03:33:07 UTC

Closing due to inactivity.  Please reopen if you have more information.