I've updated the phy driver for smsc devices (smsc.c ). (Which is a question in itself; where do I submit the patch?) It had worked fine with 2.6.22 but 2.6.25 & 2.6.26 seem to have a preference for the generic driver @ phy address 0 over my h/w specific driver for the phy @ phy address 0x1F. Any suggestions? Regards, Joe