Comment 7 for bug 48287

I found this interesting link:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2005/09/msg00744.html

It describes a problem using the exact same ethernet device. It sounds a lot like what I experience. It says: "[...] the kernel
module for this device was changed from dmfe to tulip." and that it was done to fix:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=284730

I started up my old Hoary live CD which works all fine unlike Dapper and I compared the kern.log.

Here are the relevant snippets of /var/log/kern.log on Hoary (which works) and Dapper (which is broken):

=== [ Hoary /var/kern.log]==============
Jun 4 05:49:34 localhost kernel: dmfe: Davicom DM9xxx net driver, version 1.36.4 (2002-01-17)
Jun 4 05:49:34 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 10
Jun 4 05:49:34 localhost kernel: PCI: setting IRQ 10 as level-triggered
Jun 4 05:49:34 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:0a.0[A] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
Jun 4 05:49:34 localhost kernel: eth0: Davicom DM9102 at pci0000:00:0a.0, 00:80:ad:73:1f:e8, irq 10.
Jun 4 05:49:34 localhost kernel: Linux Tulip driver version 1.1.13 (May 11, 2002)

=== [ Dapper kern.log ] ===============
Jun 4 13:50:43 localhost kernel: [4294692.362000] PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 0000:00:0a.0
Jun 4 13:50:43 localhost kernel: [4294692.362000] PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 0000:00:04.5
Jun 4 13:50:43 localhost kernel: [4294692.378000] tulip0: EEPROM default media type Autosense.
Jun 4 13:50:43 localhost kernel: [4294692.378000] tulip0: Index #0 - Media MII (#11) described by a 21140 MII PHY (1) block.
Jun 4 13:50:43 localhost kernel: [4294692.378000] tulip0: Index #1 - Media 10baseT (#0) described by a 21140 non-MII (0) block.
Jun 4 13:50:43 localhost kernel: [4294692.378000] tulip0: Index #2 - Media 100baseTx (#3) described by a 21140 non-MII (0) block.
Jun 4 13:50:43 localhost kernel: [4294692.378000] tulip0: Index #3 - Media 10baseT-FDX (#4) described by a 21140 non-MII (0) block.
Jun 4 13:50:43 localhost kernel: [4294692.378000] tulip0: Index #4 - Media 100baseTx-FDX (#5) described by a 21140 non-MII (0) block.
Jun 4 13:50:43 localhost kernel: [4294692.380000] tulip0: MII transceiver #1 config 3100 status 7809 advertising 01e1.
Jun 4 13:50:43 localhost kernel: [4294692.895000] eth0: Davicom DM9102/DM9102A rev 49 at 0001a400, 00:80:AD:73:1F:E8, IRQ 10.
Jun 4 13:50:43 localhost kernel: [4294693.003000] dmfe: Davicom DM9xxx net driver, version 1.36.4 (2002-01-17)
...cut...
Jun 4 13:51:44 localhost kernel: [4294767.005000] 0000:00:0a.0: tulip_stop_rxtx() failed (CSR5 0xfc740000 CSR6 0x2042202)
Jun 4 13:51:59 localhost kernel: [4294781.412000] 0000:00:0a.0: tulip_stop_rxtx() failed (CSR5 0xfc740000 CSR6 0x2042202)
Jun 4 13:52:01 localhost kernel: [4294783.814000] 0000:00:0a.0: tulip_stop_rxtx() failed (CSR5 0xfc740000 CSR6 0x2042202)