* 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
[not found] <bug-11649-10286@http.bugzilla.kernel.org/>
@ 2008-10-04 10:33 ` Andrew Morton
2008-10-04 17:57 ` Jarek Poplawski
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From: Andrew Morton @ 2008-10-04 10:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev; +Cc: bugme-daemon, mateusz.pastewski
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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.
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