* Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 13072] New: forcedeth seems to switch off eth on shutdown
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@ 2009-04-15 0:03 ` Andrew Morton
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From: Andrew Morton @ 2009-04-15 0:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev, Ayaz Abdulla; +Cc: bugzilla-daemon, daniel.bierstedt
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On Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:00:54 GMT
bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13072
>
> Summary: forcedeth seems to switch off eth on shutdown
> Product: Drivers
> Version: 2.5
> Kernel Version: 2.6.29.1
> Platform: All
> OS/Version: Linux
> Tree: Mainline
> Status: NEW
> Severity: normal
> Priority: P1
> Component: Network
> AssignedTo: drivers_network@kernel-bugs.osdl.org
> ReportedBy: daniel.bierstedt@gmx.de
> Regression: No
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I've built a vanilla 2.6.29.1 on a Debian Lenny (stable) system. After
> recognizing that I will not get lirc working on 2.6.29, I wanted to switch back
> to 2.6.28.9. But on any other kernel than 2.6.29.1, the network interface is
> down (no led's no link).
> Ifconfig on 2.6.28.9 is reporting "no link" for eth0, so the driver seems to be
> loaded fine...
>
> The forcedeth from 2.6.29.1 seems to "shut down" the interface on shutdown, so
> no other kernel can use it.
>
Seems to be a 2.6.28->2.6.29 regression.
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