[realtek] problem with nonstandard settings

[Gottfried Szing]

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hi to all

since i have upgraded from kernel 2.4.7 to kernel 2.4.18/2.4.19 i have a
problem with my ovis link network card (RTL8139C). i am using redhat 7.2
with updates.=20

the problem is that the card is sending packages correctly (monitored
with tcpdump on other machine), but is not receiving anything. even if
the other machine is responding with packages.=20

the rtl-diag tool complains about nonstandard settings. here is the
output of the rtldiag tool

[...]
root@yasd rtl]# ../rtl8139-diag -ee
rtl8139-diag.c:v2.09 8/6/2002 Donald Becker (becker@scyld.com)
 http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html
Index #1: Found a RealTek RTL8139 adapter at 0xe000.
Realtek station address 00:50:bf:d5:68:6b, chip type 'rtl8139C'.
  Receiver configuration: Normal unicast and hashed multicast
     Rx FIFO threshold 2048 bytes, maximum burst 2048 bytes, 32KB ring
  Transmitter enabled with NONSTANDARD! settings, maximum burst 1024
bytes.
  Flow control: Tx disabled  Rx disabled.
  The chip configuration is 0x14 0x0d, MII half-duplex mode.
  Interrupt sources are pending.
   Rx Complete indication.
Decoded EEPROM contents:
   PCI IDs -- Vendor 0x10ec, Device 0x8139.
   PCI Subsystem IDs -- Vendor 0x10ec, Device 0x8139.
   PCI timer settings -- minimum grant 32, maximum latency 64.
  General purpose pins --  direction 0xe1  value 0x12.
  Station Address 00:50:BF:D5:68:6B.
  Configuration register 0/1 -- 0x0d / 0xc2.
 EEPROM active region checksum is 09fa.
EEPROM contents (64 words):
0x00:  8129 10ec 8139 10ec 8139 4020 e112 5000
0x08:  d5bf 6b68 0d14 f7c2 8801 43b9 b0f2 071a
0x10:  df43 8a36 df43 8a36 43b9 b0f2 1111 1111
0x18:  0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0x20:  0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0x28:  0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0x30:  0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0x38:  0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000


i havent changed something with the kernel config. also the card is
still working fine with kernel 2.4.7 and also 2.2.20.=20

any ideas about the problem?

cu

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