Re: [2.4.18] Problems with sis900.c [solution?]

[Rene Rebe]

Hi all.

I only want to note that there is really a problem with
autonegotiation with the sis900.c driver. We have a sis630 based
Laptop and SiS730 based Workstation using the integrated NIC. They
only autonegotiate once after power-on. When the cable is unplugged
and replugged into a hup/switch/whatever the driver doesn't work
anymore and generates this:

NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
eth0: Transmit timeout, status 00000004 00000000
eth0: Media Link On 100mbps full-duplex
eth0: Media Link Off

error messages. Although I do not know if the posted patch is the
right fix.

On: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 10:17:19 +0100,
    andreas <[e-mail]> wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> This night, I tested kernel 2.4.18 on my server. All seems to be good.
> This morning, after rebooting the server and the connected client, I
> couldn't launch the server no more :-(, because of connection problems.
> Pinging the server shows a lot of missing packets or they take too much
> time - but other packets are transmitted well.
> A connection with ssh isn't possible (client doesn't connect).
> 
> The machines are connected with a crosslink-cable.
> I'm using kernel 2.4.18 on the client and on the server.

[... some more examples ...]

> Regards,
> Andreas Hartmann

k33p h4ck1n6
  René

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