Hi again, quick followup to my previous post:
I dug around a bit and found some additional info regarding the
8139too module and recent linux kernels.
First of all, the modules provided in the "standard" linux source are
different from those in the kernel-source-2.4.6-5mdk package...
kernel-source-2.4.6-5mdk:
#define DRV_VERSION "0.9.18"
kernel source 2.4.6 vanilla:
#define DRV_VERSION "0.9.18-pre4"
kernel-source-2.4.3-20mdk:
#define RTL8139_VERSION "0.9.15c"
Second, it seems the problem occurs in conjunction with using DHCP for
IP setup. It has been discussed on the linux kernel mailing list:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=99119889711365&w=2
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=99450845001201&w=2
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=98847229700003&w=2&r=1
And finally, a bug report seems to have been filed to Mandrakesoft
already:
https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/cgi-bin/show_bug.cgi?id=4040
So, it seems at present the kernel people are advising to replace the
current 8139too.c with the 2.4.3 version. Maybe this information could
be useful when building the next cooker rpm.
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Tomas Perez aka frenetik
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