Re: kernel-2.4.3-12+DM9102 available.

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On Fri, 29 Jun 2001 11:19:58 -0700 Hugo Carvalho <hugo synopsys com>
spit forth:

> > Well, eth0 and dmfe.o worked using the RH 7.1 I installed from the
> > purchased box set. Up2date modified my system to upgrade the kernel
> to
> > 2.4.3-12, did not include a dmfe.o module in that distro, and now
> eth0 no
> 
> My onboard digital eth using the tulip driver also stoped working
> after
> upgrading the kernel...
> the tulip driver is included and loaded.
> just ifup fails to "get IP information"...

Had the same problem. Even tried removing/replacing cards to get it to
work (2 NICs) and it still failed. I just turned off networking and
added lines at the end of rc.local to bring the cards and networking up.

Except that I wasn't able to get it to work at all on this particular
release, this has been ongoing with 2.4.X in that I lose networking and
have to add/remove cards or add/remove lines to rc.local to get it back.
I intend to write a few bug reports as soon as I find time (maybe
Sunday).

This kernel release has the added feature (not a bug, surely) of saying
that it's unmounting all filesystems when shutting down, then sitting
there for long periods of time, such as forever, or until I hit the
power switch.

I was about to go back to the rawhide kernel since it didn't do that to
me and the NICs worked after manually moving them in and out of slots.

-- 
Chaos, panic and disorder -- my work here is done.