Re: PROBLEM: network driver causes kernel panic

From: Jeff Garzik (jgarzik_at_pobox.com)
Date: 06/04/04

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    To: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se>
    
    

    Mikael Pettersson wrote:
    > This confirms that eth1 is a 21041 driven by the de2104x driver.
    >
    > I've seen something very similar to Casey's problem, on a PowerMac
    > with a built-in 21041. Booting it with no network cable connected
    > causes a timer to hit a BUG() in de2104x about a second after
    > the device is ifup:d.
    >
    > The 2.4 kernel's tulip driver works just fine.
    >
    > I reported this last year, but nothing happened.

    Well, I'm very interested in debugging it. There were a flurry of
    de2104x patches in the past year, I thought that took care of the issues.

    Please email details to netdev@oss.sgi.com and jgarzik@pobox.com...

            Jeff

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