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

[Warren Togami]

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?
> 

There were many fixes to kudzu since FC1, some of which were to 
hopefully solve redetecting problems.  I personally have been plagued by 
seemingly random redetecting problems with my "airo" wireless networking 
device, but it seems to have improved with more recent kudzu versions.

I have no idea if the FC2 kudzu binary works on FC1.  Try that first, if 
not try rebuilding the SRPM.

Warren