[parisc-linux] quad tulip now not functional in 2.4.20

[jsoe0708@tiscali.be]

>
>I've looked a bit at the same problem on A500 with
>a regular (single port) HP tulip card.
>
>> In the following dmesg out takes for 2.4.20-pa13 and 2.4.19-32 (debian=
),
>> it seems that the older kernel is finding the transceiver and
>> successfully auto-negotiating the link while the newer is not.
>
>yeah - same symptom that I saw.
>
>> Any ideas how to solve this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>I suspect it's a tulip driver bug.
>I haven't had a chance to diff the 2.4.19 vs 2.4.20 tulip driver.
>One idea might be to "forward port" the 2.4.19 drivers/net/tulip code
>into 2.4.20.
>
Same on B2k with add card.
Hmm I notice strange detail:
2.4.19 : lan heart bit on (even if interface not configure)
2.4.20 (& 21-pre1) : no lan heart bit on (interface configured or not)

I will try to revert tulip driver and advise you.

Cheer,
    Joel


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