Maybe it's time to open a bugzilla with TUV?

On 27.10.2015 15:10, Larry Linder wrote:
> This is the same problem we experianced with SL 6.0  in August 13. ( Two years
> ago ). - the comm chip set is not broken.  Run ifconfig and you can see that
> it Receives data but no transmit.
> SL 5.10 works.
> SL 6.0 and later versions have a mistake in driver and kernal, are  broken..
>
> We used a ELRepo kernal and driver to fix problem with SL 6.5.   It has worked
> well for 2 years.
>
> We gave up on SL 7 ect. for a server / back up.  We just purchased a raid box
> with 10 slots and it uses Linux with a wonderful clean and logical desk top.
>
> For other boxes in plant we decided drop back to SL 6.7 which works pretty
> well.  But no Ethernet as in SL 6.5.
>
> Looking for an Elrepo driver and Kernel to fix problem.   There is not a set
> for SL 6.7.   Anyone have any idea when we might see the driver and kernel.
>
> When I am looking at complaints with with install problems the Ethernet
> problem may contribute to a lot of these unhappy campers.
> It is too bad the upstream vender did not fix the problem up front. It would
> have saved a lot of people a lot of fooling around.
> Leaving broken problems unfixed is a mistake and just conpounds the orrig.
> error.  As the versions move along and the number of users expands things
> just get worse.
>
> Thank You
> Larry Linder
>

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