3c59x + 2.6.0-test7

hi,

this note will probably not fullfill the needs of a "bug filing", but at least i'd like to say there "is something with the 3c59x driver". since i've seen several other oddities with this driver on this list in the last time, here it comes:

i have a 3c905C-TX ("Vortex") in my ppc32 box, working fine under 2.4.22. with 2.6.0-test7 the 3c59x.ko module get loaded, but then the machine just freezes. this is the behaviour during the standard booting process. upon booting with "init=/bin/bash" i am able to do "modprobe 3c59x". the card gets loaded. i can assign an ip adress to the card, ok. but after a couple of minutes or at least upon unloading the driver, the machine just freezes. there is *no* oops shown, nothing in the logs, SYS-REQ is not working, the machine just halts.

yes, this is quite odd, reproducible perhaps only here@home, another 3c59x card is working fine with 2.6.0-test7 under ia32 in the next room. if this helps: gcc is 3.3.2, Debian/unstable, binutils 2.14.90.0.6, compiled under 2.4.22.

my .config is at http://nerdbynature.de/bits/.config

evil@sheep:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
cpu             : 604r
clock           : ???
revision        : 49.2 (pvr 0009 3102)
bogomips        : 299.00
machine         : PReP Utah (Powerstack II Pro4000)
l2 cache        : 512KiB, parity disabled SRAM:synchronous, pipelined, no parity
evil@sheep:~$

thanks,
Christian.

BOFH excuse #427:

network down, IP packets delivered via UPS