Realtek 8139 headache with 8.2 on Gigabyte mainboard

From: Bernd Felsche (bernie_at_innovative.iinet.net.au)
Date: 02/14/04 

Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 21:59:20 +0800

I've got a bit of a headache with a Gigabyte GA-7VM400M mainboard's
Realtek 8139 LAN interface.

The same problem occurs when I plug in some other 8139-based NICs.

The interface seems to "start" using the 8139too kernel module, but
it doesn't respond to DHCP.

Occasionally, when I attempt to boot off the network using the
onboard ROM and 8139D-based PCI NIC, it'll boot LTSP OK, so there's
not a problem with the hardware itself.

Other times, the network boot stalls after setting the interface to
half-duplex after an "auto-negotiated partner ability 0000"

Has anybody encountered the same problem? 

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