From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 12432] New: [2.6.28 regression] sis900 fast ethernet breakage Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:39:56 -0800 Message-ID: <20090111113956.b5c75e83.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, gionnico@email.it To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:43887 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750905AbZAKTkb (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:40:31 -0500 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 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:00:58 -0800 (PST) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote: > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12432 > > Summary: [2.6.28 regression] sis900 fast ethernet breakage > Product: Networking > Version: 2.5 > KernelVersion: 2.6.28 > Platform: All > OS/Version: Linux > Tree: Mainline > Status: NEW > Severity: normal > Priority: P1 > Component: Other > AssignedTo: acme@ghostprotocols.net > ReportedBy: gionnico@email.it > > > Latest working kernel version: 2.6.27 > Earliest failing kernel version: 2.6.28 > Distribution: gentoo > Hardware Environment: i686, sis900 ethernet > Problem Description: i can't reach the machine anymore, since i've installed > 2.6.28 vanilla. it worked in 2.6.27 with the same configuration. > > Steps to reproduce: > You need a sis900 ethernet and even if you set an ip, the machine doesn't > respond anymore to the net. > I tried assigning a dynamic ip with dhcpcd eth0 and i'll post the dmesg. It's a regression and I'm not seeing any likely-looking changes to that driver in 2.6.28.