Re: 2.6.19 and up to 2.6.20-rc2 Ethernet problems x86_64

[Sid Boyce]

Len Brown wrote:
> > ..same problem with 2.6.20-rc3. Last worked with 
> > 2.6.19-rc6-git12, so it was 2.6.19 where it failed.
> >     
>
>
>   
> > Attaching both case1 normal, case2 acpi=noirq. With acpi=noirq ethernet 
> > doesn't get configured, route -n says it's an Unsupported operation, 
> > ifconfig only shows for localhost, ifconfig eth0 192.168.10.5 also 
> > complains of a config error.
> >     
>
> It seems that the "acpi=noirq" (and probably also the acpi=off) case
> is simply an additional broken case, not a success case to compare to.
>
> The thing we really want to compare is dmesg and /proc/interrupts
> from 2.6.19-rc6-git12, and the broken current release.
> Perhaps you can put that info in the bug report when you file it.
>
> thanks,
> -Len
>
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>   
2.6.19-rc6-git12 fails in exactly the same way, from /var/log/messages 
it seems 2.6.19-rc6 19/11/06 first saw the problem, details later when I 
boot 2.6.19-rc5.
If I boot an affected kernel with the SuSEfirewall2 enabled and then 
stop the firewall, the problems goes away.
Regards
Sid.

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