Re: rawhide report: 20070227 changes

["Peter Robinson" <pbrobinson gmail com>]

> > > kernel-2.6.20-1.2949.fc7
> > > ------------------------
> > > * Mon Feb 26 2007 Dave Jones <davej redhat com>
> > > - Fix up radeonfb backlight.
> > > - Revert forcedeth changes so that it works again.
> >
> > There's a fix on the street for the forcedeth problem.
> >
> > http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/2/27/109
> >
> > Jay
>
> Is this forcedeth issue the one causing problems with network cards
> connecting.
>
> I'm unable to use NetworkManager to connect, but if I stop
> NetworkManager and then ifdown/ifup my network card then it works fine.

forcedeth is the Nvidea ethernet module on boards that have nvidea
chipsets so it would be just with the nics using those drivers.

Peter