[Bug 14672] New: forcedeth (nforce4 ethernet driver) locks the chip and require hard reboot

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           Summary: forcedeth (nforce4 ethernet driver) locks the chip and
                    require hard reboot
           Product: Ubuntu
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: other
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: linux
        AssignedTo: ben.collins at ubuntu.com
        ReportedBy: aurelien at resus.univ-mrs.fr
         QAContact: kernel-bugs at lists.ubuntu.com


I'm experiencing a problem with the forcedeth driver, this problem is reported here:
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4552

Short summary:
The forcedeth driver seems to hang on TX reset and to lock the ethernet chip in
an unusable state even upon reboot.
Hard reboot is required to get it to work again

Linux 2.6.12 includes version 0.31 of forcedeth; Linux 2.6.13 includes version
0.35. Both suffer from this bug, but version 0.42 seems to address it (and the
older 0.30 didn't suffer from it)

Forcedeth patches can be found at the following address:
http://www.colorfullife.com/~manfred/Linux-kernel/forcedeth/

Are there any chances to see forcedeth upgraded to 0.42 or reverted to 0.30 into
breezy's kernel ?


Best regards

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