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Description of problem:
I have installed Fedora core 2 on a Dell Inspiron 9100 portable which
has a Broadcom 440x 10/100 network card (and a Dell truemobile 1300
WLAN that I don't use).
The network works fine if I boot Linux directly, but when I dual boot
to Windows XP first and then reboot the machine to run Linux, the
network will fail (no ping), and when I shutdown I get the shutdown
message-
"b44: eth0: BUG! Timeout waiting for bit 80000000 of register 428 to
clear".

If I fully power down the machine when closing Windows the problem
goes away- it is only when I restart without a complete powerdown that
the problem occurs (it seems that Windows XP leaves the network
hardware in some inconsistent state).

 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.5-1.358

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Boot Windows XP on Inspiron 9100
2.Shutdown Windows and restart computer (don't power down). 
3.Boot Fedora core 2 (single or mp kernel)
    

Actual Results:  Network doesn't work- can't ping local machines.

Expected Results:  Network should work.

Additional info: