slow 3Com cardbus network card startup with 2.6.12/13 kernels

[Dominik Brodowski]

Hi,

On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 06:54:56PM -0700, W M Brelsford wrote:
> Since upgrading my kernel from 2.6.11.7 to 2.6.12.2 (and also with
> 2.6.13), I'm experiencing a variable delay of 0 to 60 seconds
> before seeing the following message and being able to use the
> network:

Can you check whether the device already shows up in "lspci" way before this
message:

>  eth0: Setting full-duplex based on MII #0 link partner capability of 01e1.

appears in the kernel log? If yes, it seems to be a network driver problem;
if no, it indeed seems to be a cardbus/pcmcia problem.

Thanks,
	Dominik