On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, [iso-8859-1] ewan paton wrote:
> i hate to bother you but i feel certain there is a
> problem with the intel gigabit ehernet driver in the
> 2.6 kernel, i have an Intel Corp. 82544GC Gigabit
> Ethernet Controller and run gentoo this driver works
> fine with in 2.4 sources but i have tried multiple 2.6
> sources and it just fails to bring the ethernet up. it
> did used to work in older development releases but
> when they went into the 2.6test phase.
> i am sure it is present in kernels 2.6test6 to 2.6 but
> cant remember the last one it worked with sorry
> if i can provide any config files etc i will gladly
> send them and if this is a problem on my end i am very
> sorry for wasting your time but i have spent over a
> month trying to find a fix
Try sending in your .config and a bit more information like perhaps dmesg.
I just tested 2.6.0 with 82543GC, there might be slightly different code
paths in a few places but lets see what else you can dig up.
Thanks
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