[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#490816: Bug#490816: Bug#490816: network-manager: Disconnects wired interface when started, under VirtualPC and Hyper-V

[Michael Biebl]

Franklin PIAT wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-07-14 at 15:34 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
>> It seems as if the tulip driver or the emulated hardware doesn't
>> support link beat detection. That's why NM doesn't activate the
>> connection.
>>
>> This is not a bug in NM itself but rather a driver problem.
> 
> 
> I don't understand what's the exact problem. Is it :
> 
> A.The driver sends inaccurate information about the link detection
>   capability and/or the current link state. In which case the driver
>   should be fixed (i.e forward this bug the kernel).
> 
> or
> 
> B.The driver sends information that accurately describe the 
>   link detection capability and link state. But NM don't 
>   handle it properly (for example if NM don't handle the case 
>   where the card can't do link detection).

I was referring to this log snippet:

NetworkManager: <info>  eth0: Driver 'tulip' does not support carrier
detection.        You must switch to it manually.

So it's A) afaict.

It this is a driver bug or hardware limitation, I don't know.

Cheers,
Michael


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