From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 9269] New: bonding module cannot enslave ethernet devices provided by sunhme Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:37:32 -0700 Message-ID: <20071031153732.cb950b28.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org, dev-null@telus.net To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:47278 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752289AbXJaWiG (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:38:06 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:35:56 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote: > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9269 > > Summary: bonding module cannot enslave ethernet devices provided > by sunhme > Product: Drivers > Version: 2.5 > KernelVersion: 2.6.18-3 > Platform: All > OS/Version: Linux > Tree: Mainline > Status: NEW > Severity: normal > Priority: P1 > Component: Network > AssignedTo: jgarzik@pobox.com > ReportedBy: dev-null@telus.net > > > Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: N/A > Distribution: Debian 4.0r1/stable (Etch) > Hardware Environment: Sun Netra T1 105 (sparc64) > Software Environment: > Problem Description: > bonding module cannot enslave ethernet devices provided by sunhme - link > status is never reported via netif_carrier_on/netif_carrier_off which makes > sunhme not usable as a slave to the bonding module > > Steps to reproduce: > modprobe sunhme > modprobe bonding > ifconfig bond0 up > ifconfig eth0 up > # wait for link to be up > ifenslave bond0 eth0 > # bond0 never comes up and keeps waiting for link >