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

[jsoe0708@tiscali.be]

Hello Grant,

>>
>>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 (debia=
n),
>>> 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.
>
Well I find some minutes to do this reverse and it works.
Still have to find the bug ?

Joel


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