Re: 2.4.4 breaks dhcpcd with Realtek 8139

[Garett Spencley]

On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, Michael F Gordon wrote:

> 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?

I noticed this in 2.4.3-acX series as well. But here's the funny part:
When dhcp starts up during bootup it doesn't work. But as
soon as I log in and do a su -c '/etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart' there's
instant success!

This is on Mandrake 8.0

It doesn't make much sense to me.

--
Garett

> 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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