Hi,
after noticing that my Netgear FA411 (PCMCIA-NIC) [1] stopped working with
the release of the 2.6.25 kernel (sidux-version), I checked the
respective driver sources and noticed that the pcnet_cs driver bailed
out with "use axnet_cs instead" for the Netgear FA411, but axnet_cs
doesn't claim this ID.
I compiled a kernel with the PCMCIA-ID for the netgear card moved to
axnet_cs from pcnet_cs which worked. I then contacted sidux-kernel
maintainer Stefan Lippers-Hollmann who turned the info into this patch
and integrated it into the kernel:
<http://svn.berlios.de/svnroot/repos/fullstory/linux-sidux-2.6/trunk/debian/patches/features/2.6.27.4_PCMCIA_move-PCMCIA-ID-for-Netgear-FA411-from-pcnet_cs-to-axnet_cs.patch>
This works for me and AFAIK there were no reports of any breakage for
other devices on sidux-support.
This looks like a trivial patch, but since I have very limited
experience with kernel modifications I might be woefully wrong there.
But if there are no side effects of this patch, is it possible to get it
into the official kernel?
I can provide more detailed information on the affected hardware if
necessary.
-cord
[1]
Socket 1 Device 0: [axnet_cs] (bus ID: 1.0)
Configuration: state: on
Product Name: NETGEAR FA411 Fast Ethernet
Identification: manf_id: 0x0149 card_id: 0x0411
function: 6 (network)
prod_id(1): "NETGEAR" (0x9aa79dc3)
prod_id(2): "FA411" (0x40fad875)
prod_id(3): "Fast Ethernet" (0xb4be14e3)
prod_id(4): --- (---)
From: Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.l-h@gmx.de>
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 23:53:04 +0000
Subject: PCMCIA: move PCMCIA ID for Netgear FA411 from pcnet_cs to axnet_cs:
Since kernel 2.6.25, commit 61da96be07
(pcnet_cs: if AX88190-based card, printk "use axnet_cs instead" message.),
pcnet_cs bails out with "use axnet_cs instead" for the Netgear FA411, but
axnet_cs doesn't claim this ID.
Socket 1 Device 0: [axnet_cs] (bus ID: 1.0)
Configuration: state: on
Product Name: NETGEAR FA411 Fast Ethernet
Identification: manf_id: 0x0149 card_id: 0x0411
function: 6 (network)
prod_id(1): "NETGEAR" (0x9aa79dc3)
prod_id(2): "FA411" (0x40fad875)
prod_id(3): "Fast Ethernet" (0xb4be14e3)
prod_id(4): --- (---)
Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org> [2.6.25, 2.6.26, 2.6.27]
Signed-off-by: Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.l-h@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Cord Walter <qord@cwalter.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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