On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 10:14 -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:12:12 -0800
> Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > From: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > 
> > Revert 7628b0a8c01a02966d2228bdf741ddedb128e8f8.  Thomas Bachler
> > reports:
> > 
> >   Commit 7628b0a8c01a02966d2228bdf741ddedb128e8f8 (drivers/net/tulip/dmfe:
> >   support basic carrier detection) breaks networking on my Davicom DM9009. 
> >   ethtool always reports there is no link.  tcpdump shows incoming packets,
> >   but TX is disabled.  Reverting the above patch fixes the problem.
> > 
> 
> Carrier detection support is important and should be fixed rather than 
> removed.

Definitely right.  If it doesn't work for your card, it needs to be
fixed for your card.

Dan


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