From what I have seen currently, the issue is resolved. Based on a
test across multiple systems on x86-64, i386, and ia64 builds.
On 4/28/06, Auke Kok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:14:40 -0700 (PDT), "David S. Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Auke Kok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:54:28 -0700 > >> Dave Jones wrote: >> > With 2.6.17-rc3, my E1000 won't get a dhcp lease. >> > Looking at tcpdump and ifconfig output, it's easy to see why. >> > It's recieving packets, but the packets transmitted field >> > of ifconfig never increases. >> > >> > The last version I have built that worked ok was 2.6.17rc2-git3 >> >> *puzzled* >> >> the only patch between 2.6.17rc2 and 2.6.17rc3 contains an rx-path > patch, but >> nothing that affects tx. All the other patches sent earlier are queued > for >> 2.6.18 so they don't apply. > > If the rx path is corrupting the packets or providing bad > checksums, there will be nothing to transmit back. > > So RX changes could explain the behavior. Jim sent me a private message that his colleagues messed up the build, and that it is working correctly now, right Jim? Cheers, Auke
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