From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alexander Kulakov Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 6468] New: sky2 driver doesnt work in 2.6.16-r3, -r4 but was working in 2.6.15-r8 Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 00:32:49 -0400 Message-ID: <44558F71.8080000@mail.ru> References: <200605010011.k410BCd1023886@fire-2.osdl.org> <20060430181543.6e38a842.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, "bugme-daemon@kernel-bugs.osdl.org" Return-path: Received: from [69.57.231.22] ([69.57.231.22]:37003 "EHLO mail.biggiesports.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750789AbWEAEdm (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 May 2006 00:33:42 -0400 To: Andrew Morton In-Reply-To: <20060430181543.6e38a842.akpm@osdl.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Andrew Morton wrote: > (Please resond via reply-to-all, not via the bugzilla UI) > > bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote: > >> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6468 >> >> Summary: sky2 driver doesnt work in 2.6.16-r3,-r4 but was working >> in 2.6.15-r8 >> Kernel Version: 2.6.16-r4 >> Status: NEW >> Severity: high >> Owner: jgarzik@pobox.com >> Submitter: a.kulakov@mail.ru >> >> >> Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: >> 2.6.15-r8 >> >> Distribution: >> gentoo >> >> Hardware Environment: >> Asus A38, Pentium-M 2.0GHz, 1024M RAM, Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 >> PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 19) >> >> Problem Description: >> No packets are received by programs while ifconfig counts them. No iptables >> rules in effect and all chans policies set to ACCEPT. >> dhcpcd fails to get response from server. tcpdump doesnt show any incoming >> packets while shows outgoing. ifconfig indicates that both rx and tx get increased! >> >> That driver was working for me till 2.6.15-r8. It doesn't work with 2.6.16-r3 >> nor -r4. I didn't try earlier 2.6.16 kernels but will do that if needed. >> >> I tried to load module with disable_msi=1 but it didn't make any difference. >> >> Steps to reproduce: >> modprobe sky2 debug=16 >> dhcpcd eth0 >> tcpdump -n -i eth0 >> >> > > I assume that when you say "2.6.16-r4" you actually mean "2.6.16-rc4"? Or > do you mean 2.6.16.4? It matters rather a lot. > > So, please confirm the earliest known-to-be-broken kernel version and the > latest known-to-be-working version, using the correct release > identification, thanks. > > > My apologies. That was false alert. It seems to be Gentoo kernel patches problem. I just finished checking kernels from kernel.org and found 2.6.16, 2.6.16.6 and 2.6.16.11 to be working well. Sorry for wasting your time