From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Subject: Re: 2.6.19-rc6-mm2: uli526x only works after reload Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:21:27 +0100 Message-ID: <200611302121.28518.rjw@sisk.pl> References: <20061128020246.47e481eb.akpm@osdl.org> <20061129152619.0d1ac361.akpm@osdl.org> <200611300204.16507.rjw@sisk.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tulip-users@lists.sourceforge.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik , Valerie Henson Return-path: Received: from ogre.sisk.pl ([217.79.144.158]:16088 "EHLO ogre.sisk.pl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1031258AbWK3U0R (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:26:17 -0500 To: Andrew Morton In-Reply-To: <200611300204.16507.rjw@sisk.pl> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Thursday, 30 November 2006 02:04, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Thursday, 30 November 2006 00:26, Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:08:21 +0100 > > "Rafael J. Wysocki" wrote: > > > > > On Wednesday, 29 November 2006 22:31, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, 29 November 2006 22:30, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:08:00 +0100 > > > > > "Rafael J. Wysocki" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, 29 November 2006 20:54, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > > > > > On Tuesday, 28 November 2006 11:02, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Temporarily at > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/2.6.19-rc6-mm2/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Will appear eventually at > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.19-rc6/2.6.19-rc6-mm2/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A minor issue: on one of my (x86-64) test boxes the uli526x driver doesn't > > > > > > > work when it's first loaded. I have to rmmod and modprobe it to make it work. > > > > > > > > > > That isn't a minor issue. > > > > > > > > > > > > It worked just fine on -mm1, so something must have happened to it recently. > > > > > > > > > > > > Sorry, I was wrong. The driver doesn't work at all, even after reload. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > tulip-dmfe-carrier-detection-fix.patch was added in rc6-mm2. But you're > > > > > not using that (corrent?) > > > > > > > > > > git-netdev-all changes drivers/net/tulip/de2104x.c, but you're not using > > > > > that either. > > > > > > > > > > git-powerpc(!) alters drivers/net/tulip/de4x5.c, but you're not using that. > > > > > > > > > > Beats me, sorry. Perhaps it's due to changes in networking core. It's > > > > > presumably a showstopper for statically-linked-uli526x users. If you could > > > > > bisect it, please? I'd start with git-netdev-all, then tulip-*. > > > > > > > > OK, but it'll take some time. > > > > > > OK, done. > > > > > > It's one of these (the first one alone doesn't compile): > > > > > > git-netdev-all.patch > > > git-netdev-all-fixup.patch > > > libphy-dont-do-that.patch Hm, all of these patches are the same as in -mm1 which hasn't caused any problems to appear on this box. So, it seems there's another change between -mm1 and -mm2 that causes this to happen. Greetings, Rafael