axnet_cs / pcnet_cs: moving PCMCIA_DEVICE_PROD_ID for Netgear FA411
Hi, after noticing that my Netgear FA411 (PCMCIA-NIC) [1] stopped working with the release of the 2.6.25 kernel (sidux-version), I checked the respective driver sources and noticed that the pcnet_cs driver bailed out with "use axnet_cs instead" for the Netgear FA411, but axnet_cs doesn't claim this ID. I compiled a kernel with the PCMCIA-ID for the netgear card moved to axnet_cs from pcnet_cs which worked. I then contacted sidux-kernel maintainer Stefan Lippers-Hollmann who turned the info into this patch and integrated it into the kernel: <http://svn.berlios.de/svnroot/repos/fullstory/linux-sidux-2.6/trunk/debian/patches/features/2.6.27.4_PCMCIA_move-PCMCIA-ID-for-Netgear-FA411-from-pcnet_cs-to-axnet_cs.patch> This works for me and AFAIK there were no reports of any breakage for other devices on sidux-support. This looks like a trivial patch, but since I have very limited experience with kernel modifications I might be woefully wrong there. But if there are no side effects of this patch, is it possible to get it into the official kernel? I can provide more detailed information on the affected hardware if necessary. -cord [1] Socket 1 Device 0: [axnet_cs] (bus ID: 1.0) Configuration: state: on Product Name: NETGEAR FA411 Fast Ethernet Identification: manf_id: 0x0149 card_id: 0x0411 function: 6 (network) prod_id(1): "NETGEAR" (0x9aa79dc3) prod_id(2): "FA411" (0x40fad875) prod_id(3): "Fast Ethernet" (0xb4be14e3) prod_id(4): --- (---) From: Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.l-h@gmx.de> Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 23:53:04 +0000 Subject: PCMCIA: move PCMCIA ID for Netgear FA411 from pcnet_cs to axnet_cs: Since kernel 2.6.25, commit 61da96be (pcnet_cs: if AX88190-based card, printk "use axnet_cs instead" message.), pcnet_cs bails out with "use axnet_cs instead" for the Netgear FA411, but axnet_cs doesn't claim this ID. Socket 1 Device 0: [axnet_cs] (bus ID: 1.0) Configuration: state: on Product Name: NETGEAR FA411 Fast Ethernet Identification: manf_id: 0x0149 card_id: 0x0411 function: 6 (network) prod_id(1): "NETGEAR" (0x9aa79dc3) prod_id(2): "FA411" (0x40fad875) prod_id(3): "Fast Ethernet" (0xb4be14e3) prod_id(4): --- (---) Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org> [2.6.25, 2.6.26, 2.6.27] Signed-off-by: Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.l-h@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Cord Walter <qord@cwalter.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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