From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.9) Gecko/20020617 Description of problem: After upgrading to kernel-2.4.18-5, 3com 905b-TX nic fails to link with switch. ifconfig shows interface as up, however a link light never shows up on the switch and I cannot see anything on the network. I am using the 3c59x module with options=8. This works fine with the 2.4.18-4 kernel. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.install kernel 2.4.18-5 2.reboot Actual Results: nic failed to link with D-Link switch Expected Results: nic should have linked at 100 mbps at full duplex Additional info: this is a dual celeron machine with a 3com 905b-TX nic with WOL. It is connected to a D-Link DSS-5+ switch. I am using the smp kernel, however i reproduced the problem with the smp kernel and the standard kernel.
Does it still fail if you don't pass the options field ?
could you also try 2.4.18-5a from http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/testkernels?
I removed the options= field and the nic links at 10mbps and half duplex with the 2.4.18-5 kernel. I tried the 2.4.18-5a kernel with options=8 it links properly at 100mbps and full duplex and without the options= it links at 10mbps and half duplex again.
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