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Hi, |
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Mick wrote: |
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> On Monday 20 August 2007, James Ausmus wrote: |
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> |
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>> On 8/19/07, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> |
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>>> At long last I managed to find a work around to this problem, which was |
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>>> probably caused by Microsoft deciding to become environmentally |
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>>> friendly . . . |
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>>> |
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> [snip...] |
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> |
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> |
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>>> SOLUTION: |
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>>> |
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>>> Since all of this started with an update of the MS Windows drivers I |
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>>> thought that the problem has to do with some firmware or new setting, |
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>>> that the MS Windows drivers inflicted on the card. Some relevant |
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>>> searching brought me to this page http://www.scyld.com/modules.html and |
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>>> the comments under The "D3-cold" problem. Well, no sooner had I |
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>>> rebooted, after pulling the plug for a few seconds to make sure the |
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>>> machine powers down completely, the card was at long last recognised and |
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>>> an IP address obtained. It seems then that the MS Windows driver shuts |
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>>> down the power to the card and the Linux driver does not/cannot switch it |
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>>> back on. |
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>>> |
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>> Make sure you pass this info along to the kernel-side maintainer of |
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>> the 8139 driver you are using so that they can get the issue fixed. |
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>> You can find the maintainer in the source file - in this case, |
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>> /usr/src/linux/drivers/8139too.c - looks like it's Jeff Garzik. |
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>> |
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>> -James |
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>> |
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> Done. |
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Any update on this issue ? I'm using gentoo-sources-2.6.22-r5 (r2) and |
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I'm seeing the same problem (with gentoo-sources-2.6.21-r4 the same). |
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Regards, |
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Ovidiu |
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