"David S. Miller" wrote:
>
> Jeff Garzik writes:
> > > [note I've not found anything in 2.4.5 where netif_carrier_ok prevents
> > > the net layers queueing packets for an interface, and forwarding them
> > > on for transmission].
> >
> > we want netif_carrier_{on,off} to emit netlink message
Russell King wrote:
> Indeed. However, I don't believe user space should _rely_ on the flag.
> The reason is that there are network cards out there where the only way
> to get the link status _is_ to transmit a packet, even on 10baseT.
>
> PCNET is one example - the "oh my god my link is down" s
On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 12:06:08PM -0400, Ben LaHaise wrote:
> I doubt it's a change, more likely an undocumented requirement. Look at
> it another way: is the transmitter ready when the link is down? No.
> Why? Because if it does attempt to transmit a packet, it will get a
> transmit error, bu
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
> Is this a change of requirements for ethernet drivers? Many other drivers
> do exactly the same (drop the first few packets while they're negotiating
> with a hub), unless they're using 10base2, even back to the days of 2.0
> kernels.
I think it would
On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 01:54:13AM -0400, Ben LaHaise wrote:
> I doubt it's related to pump: a few times I've seen the 3c59x driver drop
> the first few transmit packets. Try loading the driver as a module and
> putting the whole modprobe ; ifconfig ; ping set of commands
> into a script and wat
help. If you think
of anything else that might
be an issue, please let me
know.
Glenn C. Hofmann
Andrew wrote:
Date sent: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 11:35:53 +1000
From: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3C905b partial lockup in 2.4
Andrew,
Although I don't run Redhat, your response tells me that, even though I was feeling that it was a kernel problem, it could be a userspace issue, which I also suspected. Debian updated their nettools today, so I will see if that helps in any way. Thanks for your help.
Glenn C. H
"Glenn C. Hofmann" wrote:
>
> I have tried 2.4.5-pre2 up to 2.4.6-pre1 with the same results. Everything boots
> great and I can login fine. When I try to assign an IP via DHCP or ifconfig, the
>system
> sits and stares at me indefinitely. 2.4.5-pre4 didn't compile for me, but pre3
>works fi
I have tried 2.4.5-pre2 up to 2.4.6-pre1 with the same results. Everything boots
great and I can login fine. When I try to assign an IP via DHCP or ifconfig, the
system
sits and stares at me indefinitely. 2.4.5-pre4 didn't compile for me, but pre3 works
fine
and pre5 locks. There is keybo
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