Re: PROBLEM: SIS900 Driver change in Linux Kernel 2.6.21 causes kernel panic.

[Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>]

On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 02:33:18PM -0700, - wrote:
 > Kernel version 2.6.20.4 works.  What I'm experiencing is a kernel panic as
 > soon as the first received packet comes in via the sis900 ethernet
 > interface.  The machine is locked up and part of the kernel panic message
 > is lost as it has scrolled off the screen and the virtual terminal has
 > crashed as well (the kernel appears to have done a permanent halt - the
 > keyboard LEDs are flashing).  The only way I could get the machine to boot
 > without this problem was to unplug the ethernet cable - but it would
 > appear as soon as the the first packet was received after plugging the
 > cable back in.  That's not good since the machine in question is a server
 > in a co-location facility (I can't print the screen either).  The kernel
 > panic was repeatable without fail.  As this usually happens before "init"
 > is called, the only "program" running is the kernel itself.  I don't have
 > any syslog/dmesg message recorded to disk for the event.  I've rolled back
 > to version 2.6.20.4 in the meantime.

You need this..

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux%2Fkernel%2Fgit%2Ftorvalds%2Flinux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=dc5a144991ba803bc8afded105c9db1dea0e57ab

Which is queued for -stable afaik, but no sign of 2.6.21.2 yet. Greg/Chris?

	Dave

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