Not a bug in mandrake specifically, more a bug in the linux kernel. The default via-rhine driver in the 2.4 kernel has problems resetting the chip on the VIA-Rhine VT6120 and the VT86C100A during a TXAbort. This causes the chip to stall any time load is placed on the network, and the machine has to be powered down to reset it(tried unloading and loading the via-rhine module but this didn’t work). Anyway a patch was posted to the kernel mailing list, I tried the patch and it worked perfectly for me, and other people have reported good results with it. Any chance of it being included in the Mandrake kernel for 9.0?
I've attached the patch btw. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.377 / Virus Database: 211 - Release Date: 15/07/2002
via-rhine.c.8.patch
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