[elrepo] request for updated sis190 driver

[Phil Perry]

Del wrote:
>> I've done a backport of this driver and uploaded it to the 
>> elrepo-testing repository.
>>
>> I backported the driver from the latest upstream source 
>> (kernel-2.6.31-rc5). Most patches were OK and only a couple were left 
>> out for build compatibility. The driver supports sis190/191 Gigabit 
>> Ethernet Controller.
>>
>> Please test this driver and report feedback here. There is also a target 
>> for it on http://www.elrepo.org/bugs (under elrepo) should you need to 
>> report any issues. I'm unable to test it's functionality given I don't 
>> have the hardware.
> 
> No joy with this unfortunately.
> 
> Two issues.  The first was that with the driver you've backported, the 
> system comes up OK and brings up the link to the ethernet hub, but a few 
> seconds after it issues a DHCP request the machine locks up hard, 
> requiring a power cycle to restart it.
> 
> I'm not sure where to go from there in terms of debugging.
> 

OK, thanks for testing. Other than trying with a static IP, I'm not sure 
what to suggest either.

> The second issue is that the machine generally has proven to be unstable 
> with the 64 bit OS loaded.  Lots of crashes, file systems suddenly 
> becoming read-only and requiring a fsck on reboot, etc.  I've gone back 
> to the 32 bit OS for the time being.  That's probably unrelated to the 
> network driver.
>