toyg-wolit@tiscali.it writes:

>The "device timeout" with ne2000 driver happens to me too, and if you'll
>find a solution, please post it here ! =:)))

[I assume this is for i386...]
This is normally the case when the IRQ setting for an ISA ethernet
card doesn't match what's configured in the kernel.  The card is
found because the base address of the card's I/O mem is ok but the
interrupt handler is hooked to the wrong interrupt and thus doesn't
get called.
Solution: check what interrupt your card is configured to and adapt
the relevant kernel config line accordingly, and rebuild.  Alternatively
set the card's IRQ settings to what the kernel wants (if the respective
IRQ is unused otherwise.)

--mkb