Re: 2.6.7-rc1 breaks forcedeth

[Lee Howard]

On 2004.05.30 10:20 Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Lee Howard wrote:
> > I use the forcedeth driver for my nVidia ethernet successfully with 
> > kernel 2.6.6.  I recently tested 2.6.7-rc1, and when using it the 
> > ethernet does not work, and I see this in dmesg:
> >
> > eth1: forcedeth.c: subsystem: 01043:80a7 bound to 0000:00:04.0
> > NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
> > NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
> > NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
> > NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
> > NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
> >
> > I can ping localhost and the device's IP number, but I cannot ping 
> > other systems' IP numbers.
>
>
> Well, there are zero changes to the driver itself, so I would guess 
> ACPI perhaps...
>
> Try booting with 'acpi=off' or 'noapic' or 'pci=noacpi' or similar...

I didn't have ACPI built-in to the kernel.  So, I added it, and then 
the network started working again.

So, in 2.6.6 I didn't need ACPI to have network access, but with 2.6.7 
I do.  Is this a bug or a feature?

Lee.
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