Re: ne driver crashes when unloaded in 2.6.22.6

2007-09-16 Thread Dan Williams
On Sat, 2007-09-15 at 21:27 +0100, Chris Rankin wrote: > --- Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 19:23 +0100, Chris Rankin wrote: > > > Hmm, apparently not. The light on the card goes out though, so could this > > > just be a lack of > > driver > > > support? > > > >

Re: ne driver crashes when unloaded in 2.6.22.6

2007-09-15 Thread Chris Rankin
--- Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 19:23 +0100, Chris Rankin wrote: > > Hmm, apparently not. The light on the card goes out though, so could this > > just be a lack of > driver > > support? > > Likely, yes. I've been trawling the Internet for 8390 specifications

Re: ne driver crashes when unloaded in 2.6.22.6

2007-09-12 Thread Dan Williams
On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 19:23 +0100, Chris Rankin wrote: > --- Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Offhand question, does your ne2000 card support carrier detection? > > > > > > Err... there is a /sys/class/net/eth0/carrier entry > > > > Does it read '0' when you unplug the cable? > >

Re: ne driver crashes when unloaded in 2.6.22.6

2007-09-12 Thread Chris Rankin
--- Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Offhand question, does your ne2000 card support carrier detection? > > > > Err... there is a /sys/class/net/eth0/carrier entry > > Does it read '0' when you unplug the cable? Hmm, apparently not. The light on the card goes out though, so could t

Re: ne driver crashes when unloaded in 2.6.22.6

2007-09-10 Thread Dan Williams
On Sun, 2007-09-09 at 23:12 +0100, Chris Rankin wrote: > --- Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Offhand question, does your ne2000 card support carrier detection? > > Err... there is a /sys/class/net/eth0/carrier entry (I think - not in front > of that machine right > now). IIRC it said

Re: ne driver crashes when unloaded in 2.6.22.6

2007-09-09 Thread Chris Rankin
--- Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Offhand question, does your ne2000 card support carrier detection? Err... there is a /sys/class/net/eth0/carrier entry (I think - not in front of that machine right now). IIRC it said "1" when I read it. Cheers, Chris ___

Re: ne driver crashes when unloaded in 2.6.22.6

2007-09-09 Thread Dan Williams
On Sun, 2007-09-09 at 20:46 +0100, Chris Rankin wrote: > Hi, > > While trying to get my NE2000 ISA card working with NetworkManager and Linux > 2.6.22.6, I > discovered that the ne module will cause the kernel to oops when it is > unloaded. The problem is > that the module's clean-up function tr

ne driver crashes when unloaded in 2.6.22.6

2007-09-09 Thread Chris Rankin
Hi, While trying to get my NE2000 ISA card working with NetworkManager and Linux 2.6.22.6, I discovered that the ne module will cause the kernel to oops when it is unloaded. The problem is that the module's clean-up function tries to unregister a platform driver unconditionally, although the pl