Hello, On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 01:05, Matthew Palmer <mpal...@debian.org> wrote: > My recommendation on this bug would be for people with as many different > chipsets as possible to try my modified ethtool-lite on their machines > (especially chipsets with drivers that don't implement SIOCETHTOOL -- if any > such beasts still exist), and see whether it Does The Right Thing > everywhere. The more adventurous option would be to put the patch in > immediately after squeeze, and see if anyone reports catastrophic network > link detection failure as a result.
Once we branch for rc1 this could be pushed and then we upload it as soon as we release squeeze out. > The other option is to punt this whole bug report at the kernel, since the > e1000e driver obviously has some confusion in the realm of MII support. This ought to be done IMO in any case. This looks like a driver fault and ought to be fixed if possible. -- Otavio Salvador O.S. Systems E-mail: ota...@ossystems.com.br http://www.ossystems.com.br Mobile: +55 53 9981-7854 http://projetos.ossystems.com.br -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktimdi=dvna8ynht4fytpv9tlscfzgegni3g0z...@mail.gmail.com
