Hi

I just compiled 2.6.16 on testing but the /var/log/boot shows eth1 is not up and indead it is not up.

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Mon Sep 18 16:56:55 2006: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
Mon Sep 18 16:56:55 2006: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.1.1
Mon Sep 18 16:56:55 2006: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Mon Sep 18 16:56:55 2006: DHCPACK from 192.168.1.1
Mon Sep 18 16:56:55 2006: /etc/resolvconf/update.d/libc: Warning: /etc/resolv.conf is not a symbolic link to /etc/resolvconf/run/resolv.conf
Mon Sep 18 16:56:55 2006: bound to 192.168.1.100 -- renewal in 1800 seconds.
Mon Sep 18 16:56:55 2006: SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
Mon Sep 18 16:56:55 2006: eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Mon Sep 18 16:56:55 2006: SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device
Mon Sep 18 16:56:55 2006: SIOCSIFBRDADDR: No such device
Mon Sep 18 16:56:55 2006: eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Mon Sep 18 16:56:55 2006: eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Mon Sep 18 16:56:55 2006: Failed to bring up eth1.
Mon Sep 18 16:56:55 2006: done.
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$lshw
...
*-network:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Ethernet controller
product: DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller
vendor: National Semiconductor Corporation
physical id: 11
bus info: pci@00:11.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=32 maxlatency=52 mingnt=11
resources: ioport:e000-e0ff iomemory:d9001000-d9001fff irq:11
...

thanks

Did you make sure to include eth0 in the networking section of the kernel?