well, i got the bcm4400 module compiled now, and it works better then b44 for the moment. works fine with ifplugd too. cheers J
On Wednesday 07 September 2005 18:34, Nate Duehr wrote: > Tim Sailer wrote: > >On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 01:52:05AM +0200, john wrote: > >>hi! > >>i have an acer travelmate 4001lmi, and an integrated broadcom bcm4400 > >> ethernet card. i'm using the kernel's built-in b44 driver since > >> broadcom's driver's code isn't gcc 4.0 compatible. my problem is, that > >> when i try to connect to a network my card does send (and I'm not shure > >> about receiving) receives packages, but doesn't connect. i have to > >> reload the module: sometimes even several, sometimes many many times to > >> make it work. am i I the only one with this problem? is this a bug? I'm > >> using kernel 2.6.12-5. > > > >I have the same problem. I have gotten around this by having a pre-up > >stanza in the eth0 portion of interfaces: (from memory) > > > >pre-up rmmod b44; modprobe b44; rmmod b44; modprobe b44 > > > >I find that if you don't try to set up eth0 before you remove and reinsert > >the modules, it all works well. remember to ifdown the interface before > > you rmmod b44. > > > >Tim > > Speaking of b44 -- anyone here using ifplugd with a b44? I've noticed > that the standard debian startup scripts hang the machine for about 20-30 > seconds when ifplugd starts waiting for some kind of response from the > b44 driver... then ifplugd gives up and moves on. This only happens if > nothing is plugged into the ethernet port. > > Nate
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