Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763882AbXIKMqP (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:46:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1763313AbXIKMqB (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:46:01 -0400 Received: from smtp20.orange.fr ([80.12.242.27]:61519 "EHLO smtp20.orange.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1763294AbXIKMqA (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:46:00 -0400 X-ME-UUID: 20070911124354367.59CDA1C000A3@mwinf2018.orange.fr Subject: r8169: instant reboot and interface renaming From: Xavier Bestel To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:43:51 +0200 Message-Id: <1189514631.20015.108.camel@frg-rhel40-em64t-04> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 (2.0.2-27) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1009 Lines: 32 Hi, I just replaced a fast ethernet card with a Realtek 8169 Gigabit ethernet card on an old DELL Poweredge running debian. I upgraded the kernel to 2.6.22 but it didn't solve my problems. At boot, the kernel says: r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.2LK-NAPI loaded eth0: RTL8169s/8110s at 0xe0848400, 00:1b:2f:2b:b3:b4, IRQ 17 but then eth0 doesn't exist and is renamed to eth3. Does anybody know why, and how to get it back to eth0 ? There's probably a FAQ on this somewhere, but I couldn't find it. The other problem I have is, as soon as I do ifconfig eth3 up the machine is rebooting (like if I pressed the reset button). Adding "acpi=noirq" to the boot cmdline seems to solve this, but I wonder if it's the proper solution ? Thanks for your help, Xav - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/