From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 16503] New: Upgrade to 2.6.34.2 breaks ethernet network Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 13:27:40 -0700 Message-ID: <20100803132740.946cf78a.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org, bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org, Gary Zambrano , stable@kernel.org, davemorgan353@btinternet.com To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:35834 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757674Ab0HCU2w (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Aug 2010 16:28:52 -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 Tue, 3 Aug 2010 20:14:34 GMT bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote: > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16503 > > Summary: Upgrade to 2.6.34.2 breaks ethernet network > Product: Networking > Version: 2.5 > Platform: All > OS/Version: Linux > Tree: Mainline > Status: NEW > Severity: normal > Priority: P1 > Component: Other > AssignedTo: acme@ghostprotocols.net > ReportedBy: davemorgan353@btinternet.com > Regression: No > > > Using Arch Linux with fully up-to-date system. > > Upgrading kernel from 2.6.34.1 to 2.6.34.2 breaks my ethernet connection. I > get dhcp timeouts but no errors in the logs regarding the kernel or the card. > > Dell Inspiron 1720. > > 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev > 02) > > Downgrading the kernel fixes the issue. > There are no changes to b44.c in patch-2.6.34.2. Perhaps you could generate the dmesg logs for 2.6.34.1 and 2.6.34.2 and run `diff -u' against them, see if anything interesting pops out?