From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Hutchings Subject: Re: Network hangs with 2.6.30.5 Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:20:10 +0100 Message-ID: <1251804010.3464.79.camel@localhost> References: <7D2F0769-2994-4BB8-B107-DEF2B1346B3A@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-VnKHccCBfgwwcfPOAaJV" Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Clifford Heath Return-path: Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:50265 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753923AbZIALUM (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Sep 2009 07:20:12 -0400 In-Reply-To: <7D2F0769-2994-4BB8-B107-DEF2B1346B3A@gmail.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-VnKHccCBfgwwcfPOAaJV Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 19:50 +1000, Clifford Heath wrote: > I sent this email last Friday, but received no response. >=20 > As far as I can see, some recent work in the stable > Linux kernel has broken the TCP stack, at least on my > (pretty common) hardware. Can anyone confirm that > they've seen and perhaps fixed similar symptoms, or > at least tell me what else I need to do to help them > identify the problem? >=20 > I recently upgraded my Debian system (a Dell Optiplex GX270) from a =20 > 2.6.16.11 kernel to a 2.6.30.5 one (current stable). My networking is =20 > now misbehaving. If I could revert to an earlier kernel, I would (and =20 > did, it worked), but now I can't because of the glibc version change; =20 > the old kernel panics on startup. This leaves me with a *broken =20 > computer* which I cannot use for my regular work, and cannot afford to =20 > completely re-install. If you're using the Debian kernel package, please use "reportbug" to file a bug against it. Ben. --=20 Ben Hutchings If at first you don't succeed, you're doing about average. --=-VnKHccCBfgwwcfPOAaJV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBKnQNm79ZNCRIGYgcRApDSAKCf0ymo6majkC87LzhCW0ulOO7GNACglw5E A13NQci5/74pKsyVFDzZ6YM= =1Ozb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-VnKHccCBfgwwcfPOAaJV--