On Monday 20 August 2007, James Ausmus wrote: > On 8/19/07, Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At long last I managed to find a work around to this problem, which was > > probably caused by Microsoft deciding to become environmentally > > friendly . . . [snip...]
> > SOLUTION: > > > > Since all of this started with an update of the MS Windows drivers I > > thought that the problem has to do with some firmware or new setting, > > that the MS Windows drivers inflicted on the card. Some relevant > > searching brought me to this page http://www.scyld.com/modules.html and > > the comments under The "D3-cold" problem. Well, no sooner had I > > rebooted, after pulling the plug for a few seconds to make sure the > > machine powers down completely, the card was at long last recognised and > > an IP address obtained. It seems then that the MS Windows driver shuts > > down the power to the card and the Linux driver does not/cannot switch it > > back on. > > Make sure you pass this info along to the kernel-side maintainer of > the 8139 driver you are using so that they can get the issue fixed. > You can find the maintainer in the source file - in this case, > /usr/src/linux/drivers/8139too.c - looks like it's Jeff Garzik. > > -James Done. -- Regards, Mick
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