From: Dave Morgan <davemorgan353@btinternet.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org,
bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org,
Gary Zambrano <zambrano@broadcom.com>,
stable@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 16503] New: Upgrade to 2.6.34.2 breaks ethernet network
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 19:59:46 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100804185946.GA5002@Archer> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100803132740.946cf78a.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
On 03/08/10 at 01:27pm, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> (switched to email. Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via the
> bugzilla web interface).
>
> On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 20:14:34 GMT
> bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:
>
> > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16503
> >
> > Summary: Upgrade to 2.6.34.2 breaks ethernet network
> > Product: Networking
> > Version: 2.5
> > Platform: All
> > OS/Version: Linux
> > Tree: Mainline
> > Status: NEW
> > Severity: normal
> > Priority: P1
> > Component: Other
> > AssignedTo: acme@ghostprotocols.net
> > ReportedBy: davemorgan353@btinternet.com
> > Regression: No
> >
> >
> > Using Arch Linux with fully up-to-date system.
> >
> > Upgrading kernel from 2.6.34.1 to 2.6.34.2 breaks my ethernet connection. I
> > get dhcp timeouts but no errors in the logs regarding the kernel or the card.
> >
> > Dell Inspiron 1720.
> >
> > 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev
> > 02)
> >
> > Downgrading the kernel fixes the issue.
> >
>
> There are no changes to b44.c in patch-2.6.34.2. Perhaps you could
> generate the dmesg logs for 2.6.34.1 and 2.6.34.2 and run `diff -u'
> against them, see if anything interesting pops out?
>
There's nothing obvious to me in the logs.
However, it looks like it may be related to the ssb issues affecting
b43.
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=27335&action=diff
There are reports of my card working with 2.6.35 so I will upgrade to
that version.
--
Dave.
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2010-08-03 20:27 ` [Bugme-new] [Bug 16503] New: Upgrade to 2.6.34.2 breaks ethernet network Andrew Morton
2010-08-04 18:59 ` Dave Morgan [this message]
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