We need a few more details
> eth0: MII PHY found at address 1, status 0x782d advertising 01e1
> Link 00a1.
What is the link partner?
A dual speed hub?
Please add lspci -vxx and
# via-diag -aa -mm -f
Run via-diag after ifup ethx
You can find via-diag at http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html
> > Tx scavenge 0 status 00008100.
> > eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 00008100.
>
> This indicates that the transmit was aborted. Presumably the
> transceiver was misconfigured.
Probably correct. I'll check the documentation.
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Manfred