2.6.5-1.315 + kudzu -- constantly re-detecting my Ethernet card

[Bob Chiodini]

On Mon, 2004-04-12 at 07:29, Mary Ellen Foster wrote:
> Over the weekend, I decided to try installing the 2.6.5-1.315 kernel (from 
> http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.6/) on my laptop, which is currently 
> running a fully-updated FC1.
> 
> There were the normal 2.6 teething problems -- USB 
> modules, /dev/input/mice, that sort of thing -- but things seem to be much 
> better than the last time I tried a 2.6 kernel (e.g., no more kernel 
> panics from my external USB sound card).
> 
> One continuing annoyance is that kudzu persists in detecting my Ethernet 
> card (RealTek somethingorother; driver is 8139too) as a new one, and 
> configuring it as "eth2" (eth0 is the real configuration of my card; eth1 
> is my wireless PCMCIA card). I found a thread from February that mentioned 
> a similar issue, but I didn't see any resolution. Should I just disable 
> kudzu and ignore the problem for now?
> 
> Here's the root of the previous thread:
> http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-February/msg02083.html
> 
> MEF

Mary Ellen,

Per the referenced thread (and
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-February/msg02354.html):  Did you try rebooting 3 or more times.  It seemed that if you reboot (with kudzu enabled) enough times things should normalize.  One other alternative is to remove the network cards, reboot, and let kudzu remove the interfaces.  Shutdown, reinstall the cards and reboot.  

IIRC, it seemed that this problem occurred going from a 2.4 to a 2.6
kernel.  As long as you do not reboot into the 2.4 kernel things should
stabilize, but once you go back you'll have the problems again.

Bob...