From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 11649] New: Network don't work with SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet. Mainly, I tried with DHCP interface. With exacly the same configurations network works on olders kernels and don't work on the newest Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 03:33:58 -0700 Message-ID: <20081004033358.b3ea6500.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, mateusz.pastewski@gmail.com To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:52292 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752295AbYJDKeb (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Oct 2008 06:34:31 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: (switched to email. Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via the bugzilla web interface). On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:35:20 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote: > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11649 > > Summary: Network don't work with SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet. > Mainly, I tried with DHCP interface. With exacly the > same configurations network works on olders kernels and > don't work on the newest > Product: Drivers > Version: 2.5 > KernelVersion: 2.6.26.5 > Platform: All > OS/Version: Linux > Tree: Mainline > Status: NEW > Severity: low > Priority: P1 > Component: Network > AssignedTo: jgarzik@pobox.com > ReportedBy: mateusz.pastewski@gmail.com > > > Latest working kernel version: 2.6.23.x > Earliest failing kernel version: 2.6.24.x > Distribution: Debian Etch 4.0 > Hardware Environment: PC > Software Enviroment: > Problem Description: > > I installed Debian Etch 4.0 (with kernel 2.6.18-6-k7) on my machine with ECS > K7S5A with built-in network card SIS900. During the installation and after > first boot internet worked like a dream with auto configurated DHCP interface. > But after change kernel to version 2.6.26.5 internet didn't work. In this > moment I realized that I didn't change internet configurations, but I thought > that it can be wrong in hardware configurations. On the other hand, the results > by lspci and lspci -n, said that everything had worked perfectly. Then, I > compiled kernel 2.6.26.5 with exacly the same .config file like kernel from > debian distribution (2.6.18-6-k7) and internet didn't work too. After that, I > compiled older kernel (2.6.17) with this .config file and internet started > working! I think, it is proof that it is something wrong in module sis900 in > the newest kernel versions, because I didn't change others system > configurations! > > What is more, system didn't have interrupt for ethernet, thought lspci > recognized network card, sis900 module was started and DHCP was set. To confirm > my view I attache interrupt's list and logs from internet starting/restarting: > > ... > A mystery regression in sis900. There's quie a bit more info i te bugzilla report.