RE: [Problem] 3c90x on 2.4.3-ac3

[Grover, Andrew]

I'm confused. 3c59x.c has a little acpi WOL stuff, but that's it.

What specifically is ACPI doing to break things? Are ACPI and the NIC
sharing any resources?

Regards -- Andy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Prasanna P Subash [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 11:12 AM
> To: Marcus Meissner
> Cc: [e-mail]
> Subject: Re: [Problem] 3c90x on 2.4.3-ac3
> Importance: High
> 
> 
> Thats right. ACPI was what made 3c90x not work :( With APM it 
> works perfectly.
> 
> Thanks Marcus.
> 
> On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 10:14:56AM +0200, Marcus Meissner wrote:
> > In article <[e-mail]> you wrote:
> > 
> > > hi lkml,
> > > 	I just built 2.4.3-ac3 with my old 2.4.2 .config and 
> somehow networking does not work. 
> > > dhclient eventually froze the machine.
> > 
> > > here is what dhclient complains.
> > 
> > > [root@psubash linux]# cat /tmp/error.txt
> > > skb: pf=2 (unowned) dev=lo len=328
> > > PROTO=17 0.0.0.0:68 255.255.255.255:67 L=328 S=0x10 I=0 
> F=0x0000 T=16
> > > DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
> > > ip_local_deliver: bad loopback skb: PRE_ROUTING LOCAL_IN
> > > skb: pf=2 (unowned) dev=lo len=328
> > > PROTO=17 0.0.0.0:68 255.255.255.255:67 L=328 S=0x10 I=0 
> F=0x0000 T=16
> > > DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
> > > DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
> > > DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
> > > ip_local_deliver: bad loopback skb: PRE_ROUTING LOCAL_IN
> > > skb: pf=2 (unowned) dev=lo len=328
> > 
> > > Here is my ver_linux info
> > 
> > ...
> > > CONFIG_ACPI=y
> > 
> > The ACPI powermanagement for the 3c59x devices appears to 
> be a bit broken.
> > 
> > Disable ACPI support. Recompile. Reboot. Watch problem 
> disappear hopefully.
> > 
> > Ciao, Marcus
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