[arch-dev-public] [arch-general] [signoff] kernel26 2.6.30-3

Eric Bélanger snowmaniscool at gmail.com
Tue Jun 16 00:54:39 EDT 2009


On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Thomas Bächler<thomas at archlinux.org> wrote:
> Tobias Powalowski schrieb:
>>
>> Could it be that the new netcfg scripts are a bit buggy here, my custom
>> bridge script fails too with the same error.
>> Digging a bit in netcfg code shows it uses ip link | grep UP which is not
>> working here it says UNKNOWN, maybe James can enlighten us more.
>
> My guess as well, the link detection might be broken. netcfg should really
> have an option to force enabling the interface even if link detection fails.
>
> However, when no link is detected, some ethernet drivers disable TX
> completely. When it was first introduced for my old dmfe card, it was broken
> and I could receive packets, but nothing was ever transmitted - after my bug
> report they reverted the changes and reintroduced a working link detection
> in the next version. My point is, even if you fix netcfg, Eric's driver
> might be just as broken so he still has to reconnect the cable to make it
> work.
>
>

I tested with the netcfg in core and it works without any problems.
So it seems to be an issue with the netcfg in testing.


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