ethernet failure after update to kernel-2.6.10-1.766

[Alexander Volovics]

On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 06:10:48AM -0500, Bob Chiodini wrote:

> On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 22:35 +0100, Alexander Volovics wrote:
> > This afternoon I updated to kernel-2.6.10-1.766 on an AMD64 machine.
> > MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum mobo using the Realtek RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet
> > adapter.
> > On rebooting networking did not come up and I got the kernel message
> >  kernel: r8169: eth1: PHY reset until linkup
> > Did any of the other users with this mobo and ethernet adapter
> > using 64bit FC3 get this same problem. 
> > Is there a fix or will I have to revert to using the previous kernel.
 
> I have the same MB, but usually use the forcedeth driver on eth0, but
> switched interfaces after seeing you post.  I also got the same message
> as you, but I was able to manually bring up the interface.  Same kernel.

Well, I had a very messy 24 hours. At first I could also manually bring
up the interface but not use it, no data was transmitted. Then after a
restart X wouldn't startup.
So I tried the previous kernel and got the same problem. I gave up then.

This morning I booted with trepidation but lo and behold the problem
appeared to have been 'cleared up' automagically.

I would really like to know what happened. From googling I gather
that this 'PHY reset' has been troubling previous kernels with Gigabit
ethernet adapters. I don't even know what it (PHY) is.

Thanks for the reply.

Alexander