Bug 78333

Summary:	Netgear FA510 PCMCIA card does not work with kernel-2.4.18-18.8.0
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Kevin DeKorte <kdekorte>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	8.0
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Hardware:	i686
OS:	Linux
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Bug Depends On:	42750
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Description Kevin DeKorte 2002-11-21 15:16:31 UTC

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Description of problem:
Upgraded Kernel source to 2.4.18-18.8.0 used .config from 2.4.18-17.8.0. Did
make oldconfig, make install, make modules_install. Rebooted into new kernel.
tulip module loads but does not work. Reboot back into 2.4.18-17.8.0 and card
works again.

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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Build new kernel
2.reboot
3.insert card
	

Actual Results:  light on card would not come on for about 30 seconds when it
did, the connection was non-functional

Expected Results:  Card to obpain an IP address over DHCP.

Additional info:

With machine running, I pulled out the Nethear card and inserted a 3com card and
that card worked 100%

Comment 1 josip 2003-01-20 08:58:44 UTC

Hot unplug/reinsert of NetGear FA510C makes this card work, but the card is NOT
seen initially on my laptop (w/Yenta socket).  I'm using Red Hat 8.0 kernel
(currently 2.4.18-19.8.0).

Apparently, one MUST hot unplug/reinsert the card to make it work under 2.4.18-*
kernels even though on the same machine 2.2.* kernels caused no trouble.  I
believe that kernel 2.4.* handling of Yenta socket at bootup is to blame for
failure to properly initialize PCMCIA network cards.  The same happens with my
Linksys wireless card w/custom driver: not found at startup, but works OK when
reinserted.

Very annoying...

Comment 2 josip 2003-01-28 23:18:15 UTC

This bug is similar to bug #42750.  Also, after I rebuilt its custom drivers, my
Linksys wireless card does not require eject/reinsert any more but NetGear
FA510C w/standard drivers still does.

Comment 3 Bugzilla owner 2004-09-30 15:40:13 UTC

Thanks for the bug report. However, Red Hat no longer maintains this version of
the product. Please upgrade to the latest version and open a new bug if the problem
persists.

The Fedora Legacy project (http://fedoralegacy.org/) maintains some older releases, 
and if you believe this bug is interesting to them, please report the problem in
the bug tracker at: http://bugzilla.fedora.us/