e1000 problems in 2.6.18-rc1-mm1

e1000 problems in 2.6.18-rc1-mm1

[Martin Bligh]

PPC64 lpar (power4)
Works fine in -git4
(http://test.kernel.org/abat/40893/debug/console.log)
Finds the e1000

Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.1.9-k2
Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation.
e1000: 0002:21:01.0: e1000_probe: (PCI-X:133MHz:64-bit) 00:02:55:d3:37:4a
e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection

....

Setting up network interfaces:
     lo
     lo        IP address: 127.0.0.1/8
7[?25l[1A[80C[10D[1;32mdone[m8[?25h    eth0      device: Intel Corp. 
82545EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 01)
     eth0      configuration: eth-id-00:02:55:d3:37:4a
e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex
     eth0      IP address: 9.47.92.101/24
7[?25l[1A[80C[10D[1;32mdone[m8[?25h    tunl0
     tunl0     No configuration found for tunl0
7[?25l[1A[80C[10D[1munused[m8[?25hSetting up service network  .  .  .  . 
  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .7[?25l[80C[10D[1;32mdone[m8[?25h


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In -mm1 it seems to not find the e1000:
(http://test.kernel.org/abat/40934/debug/console.log)

Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.1.9-k2
Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation.
e1000: 0002:21:01.0: e1000_probe: (PCI-X:133MHz:64-bit) 00:02:55:d3:37:4a
e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection

...

Setting up network interfaces:
     lo
     lo        IP address: 127.0.0.1/8
7[?25l[1A[80C[10D[1;32mdone[m8[?25h    eth0
     eth0      No configuration found for eth0
7[?25l[1A[80C[10D[1munused[m8[?25h    tunl0
     tunl0     No configuration found for tunl0
7[?25l[1A[80C[10D[1munused[m8[?25hWaiting for mandatory devices: 
eth-id-00:02:55:d3:37:4a
19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
     eth-id-00:02:55:d3:37:4a            No interface found
7[?25l[1A[80C[10D[1;31mfailed[m8[?25hSetting up service network  .  .  . 
  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .7[?25l[80C[10D[1;31mfailed[m8[?25h

Re: e1000 problems in 2.6.18-rc1-mm1

[Randy.Dunlap]

On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:11:26 -0700 Martin Bligh wrote:

> PPC64 lpar (power4)
> Works fine in -git4
> (http://test.kernel.org/abat/40893/debug/console.log)
> Finds the e1000
> 
> Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.1.9-k2
> Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation.
> e1000: 0002:21:01.0: e1000_probe: (PCI-X:133MHz:64-bit) 00:02:55:d3:37:4a
> e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
> 
> ....
> 
> Setting up network interfaces:
>      lo
>      lo        IP address: 127.0.0.1/8
> 7[?25l[1A[80C[10D[1;32mdone[m8[?25h    eth0      device: Intel Corp. 
> 82545EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 01)
>      eth0      configuration: eth-id-00:02:55:d3:37:4a
> e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex
>      eth0      IP address: 9.47.92.101/24
> 7[?25l[1A[80C[10D[1;32mdone[m8[?25h    tunl0
>      tunl0     No configuration found for tunl0
> 7[?25l[1A[80C[10D[1munused[m8[?25hSetting up service network  .  .  .  . 
>   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .7[?25l[80C[10D[1;32mdone[m8[?25h
> 
> 
> -----------------------------------------------
> 
> In -mm1 it seems to not find the e1000:
> (http://test.kernel.org/abat/40934/debug/console.log)
> 
> Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.1.9-k2
> Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation.
> e1000: 0002:21:01.0: e1000_probe: (PCI-X:133MHz:64-bit) 00:02:55:d3:37:4a
> e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
> 
> ...
> 
> Setting up network interfaces:
>      lo
>      lo        IP address: 127.0.0.1/8
> 7[?25l[1A[80C[10D[1;32mdone[m8[?25h    eth0
>      eth0      No configuration found for eth0
> 7[?25l[1A[80C[10D[1munused[m8[?25h    tunl0
>      tunl0     No configuration found for tunl0
> 7[?25l[1A[80C[10D[1munused[m8[?25hWaiting for mandatory devices: 
> eth-id-00:02:55:d3:37:4a
> 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
>      eth-id-00:02:55:d3:37:4a            No interface found
> 7[?25l[1A[80C[10D[1;31mfailed[m8[?25hSetting up service network  .  .  . 
>   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .7[?25l[80C[10D[1;31mfailed[m8[?25h
> -

lkml thread:
Subject: Re: 2.6.18-rc1-mm1:  /sys/class/net/ethN becoming symlink befuddled /sbin/ifup

akpm's answer:
I'd be suspecting
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.18-rc1/2.6.18-rc1-mm1/broken-out/gregkh-driver-network-class_device-to-device.patch.

already confirmed:
Yeah, that and gregkh-driver-class_device_rename-remove.patch brought it
back to reality.

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~Randy