2.4.4 breaks dhcpcd with Realtek 8139

Michael F Gordon (Michael.Gordon@ee.ed.ac.uk)
Sat, 28 Apr 2001 16:30:04 +0100 (BST)


dhcpcd stops working if I install 2.4.4. Replacing the 2.4.4 version of
8139too.c with the 2.4.3 version and leaving everything else exactly
the same gets things working again. Configuring the interface by hand
after dhcpcd has timed out also works. Has anyone else seen this?

ISC DHCP 2.0, kernel compiled with gcc 2.95.2

lspci:
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 8139 (rev 10)

Boot messages with 2.4.3 version:
8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.15c loaded
PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 00:12.0
eth0: RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet at 0xc9804f00, 00:10:a7:05:8e:da, IRQ 5
eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8139C'

Boot messages with 2.4.4 version:
8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.16
PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 00:12.0
eth0: RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet at 0xc9804f00, 00:10:a7:05:8e:da, IRQ 5
eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8139C'

Michael Gordon
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