From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050719 Red Hat/1.7.10-1.4.1 Description of problem: The 3c59x kernel module does not support list or set parameters with ethtool. It is relevant, if autonegotiation with the switch or hub do not work. Anaconda use ethtool during installation and the if you boot the system, initscripts use also ethtool for setting parameters. # lsmod 3c59x 36585 0 # lspci (only list on card version here) 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905 100BaseTX [Boomerang] # lspci -v 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905 100BaseTX [Boomerang] Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5 I/O ports at b000 [size=64] # ethtool eth0 Settings for eth0: No data available # ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full autoneg off Cannot get current device settings: Operation not supported not setting speed not setting duplex not setting autoneg All version of this 3Com card (Boomerang, Cyclone, Tornado) have this problem. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.9-11.EL How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. use a network card witch use the 3c59x kernel module 2. use ethtool to list or set the card options 3. Actual Results: unable to change parameter for installation or in running system with ethtool Expected Results: ethtool should work with 3c59x kernel module Additional info: - this problem is also relevant for RHEL3 - only mii-tool work but this is not supported by anaconda and initscripts
Created attachment 118813 [details] jwltest-3c59x-2_6_12-rc2.patch
This functionality will be available in RHEL4 U2. If you absolutely cannot wait for that, then either apply the patch above to your own kernel or try the test kernels available here: http://people.redhat.com/linville/kernels/rhel4/ Thanks!