bug: de2104x driver in 2.5.1

[Erik Hensema]

Last weekend my cablemodem connection went dead. I was running 2.5.1 using
the de2104x driver (previously the tulip driver).

/var/log/messages:

Dec 22 04:43:28 dexter kernel: eth0: 10baseT auto link ok, mode 7ffc2002 status 51c8
Dec 22 04:44:28 dexter kernel: eth0: 10baseT auto link ok, mode 7ffc2002 status 51c8
Dec 22 04:45:28 dexter kernel: eth0: 10baseT auto link ok, mode 7ffc2002 status 51c8
Dec 22 04:46:28 dexter kernel: eth0: 10baseT auto link ok, mode 7ffc2002 status 51c8
Dec 22 04:46:37 dexter kernel: eth0: link down
Dec 22 04:46:42 dexter kernel: eth0: link up, media 10baseT-HD
Dec 22 04:46:42 dexter kernel: eth0: set link 10baseT-HD, mode 7ffc0000, sia c0,ffffef01,ffff6f3f,ffff0008
Dec 22 04:46:42 dexter kernel:                  set mode 7ffc0000, set sia ef01,6f3f,8
Dec 22 04:46:42 dexter kernel: bug: kernel timer added twice at cc8ed139.
Dec 22 04:46:42 dexter kernel: eth0: no link, trying media 10baseT-HD, status 21ce
Dec 22 04:47:41 dexter kernel: eth0: 10baseT-HD link ok, mode 7ffc2002 status 1c0
Dec 22 04:48:41 dexter kernel: eth0: 10baseT-HD link ok, mode 7ffc2002 status 1c0
Dec 22 04:49:41 dexter kernel: eth0: 10baseT-HD link ok, mode 7ffc2002 status 1c0

(the messages are repeated every minute)

dexter:~$ /sbin/lspci 
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598 [Apollo MVP3] (rev 04)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo MVP3/Pro133x AGP]
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/A/B PCI-to-ISA [Apollo VP] (rev 41)
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (rev 02)
00:07.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B ACPI (rev 10)
00:0a.0 SCSI storage controller: Symbios Logic Inc. (formerly NCR) 53c875 (rev 03)
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21041 [Tulip Pass 3] (rev 21)
00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1370 [AudioPCI] (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200 AGP (rev 01)

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Erik Hensema ([e-mail])
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