Re: configuration EEPROM enables Sleep Mode

On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, John Lumby wrote:

> Thanks Donald.    Hmm.   Actually I did try it with the eth0 "up" before 
..
> eepro100-diag.c:v2.12 4/15/2003 Donald Becker ([email protected])
> http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html
> Index #1: Found a Intel Pro/100 VE (type 1031) adapter at 0x7000.
> A potential i82557 chip has been found, but it appears to be active.
> Either shutdown the network, or use the '-f' flag.
> 
> Since (I think) I had seen somewhere that it's not a good idea to run the 
> diag with -f on an in-use eth0, I decided to choose the first of those

The eepro100 driver now leaves the chip in ACPI-D3 state if it was in D3
state when the driver loaded.

> ....    Should I then ifconfig eth0 up AND use -f?

Yes.
It's mostly safe for the EEPROM, but you may interrupt network operation.

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