> Hi, I've seen this post on LKML:
>
http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2005-03/8389.html that
> had some links to patches backported to 2.4 for the r8169 driver which
> doesn't work well with our NICs. It seems mii-tool and ethtool can't
> check if the link is up. Could someone send me the patches (or a link
> to them)?