sony vaio and intel eexpress pro trouble

toskala

hi there,

i got a strange problem with a sony vaio notebook.
i can install gentoo and everything runs nice, everything but adsl.

i have an intel etherexpress pro 100 onboard in that system which gets recognized and is useable but as soon i connect directly to a dsl modem and i start generating traffic the connection hangs.

its not dropped, it simply hangs and freezes and there is no way to bring a new dsl link up, it works again when i do a reboot.

i have checked all logfiles and configs but i cant find anything wrong, just because the complete configuration works for me on _several_ systems only the sony vaio sucks :evil:

i havent posted any configuration files, cause i dont know which ones could be of special interest.

only real strange thing i discovered is, the irq assignment. every piece of hardware sits on irq 9.
first i thought it might be an acpi problem so i switched acpi off in the kernel but no effect.

this is where i am right now, if you got _any_ hint please let me know.

cheerios
toskala
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plate · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 9:55 am Post subject:

Can't think of much besides changing the kernel driver. I suspect you're using the eepro100 module? Try the Intel driver instead, e100, which works much better on my Vaio.

toskala · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 10:03 am Post subject:

didnt know there are 2 drivers

will try that asap

thanks!
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toskala · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 7:17 am Post subject:

hey plate,

thanks a whole bunch, yesterday i tried to use the alternate intel driver and everything works beautiful now

internet connection is rock-solid now

thanks!
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plate · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 11:38 am Post subject:

Glad I could help.

Seems to confirm the reports I heard about the eepro100 driver being written for a completely different NIC, and that it only worked by accident - if it worked at all...