Description of problem: Forcedeth doesn't initialize properly after resuming from hibernation Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.29.2-126.fc11 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Hibernate 2. Resume Actual results: Network adapter card doesn't work Expected results: Network interface would actually start Additional info: This upstream patch is very likely related http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/5/6/447 Removing forcedeth with rmmod, then modprobing it again initializes the module properly.
I just upgraded to kernel 2.6.29.2-140.fc11 and the bug disappeared. Apparently it's related to (or the same as) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=484505 considering the patch meant for solving that bug fixed this one.