Package: linux-image-2.6.18-3-amd64 Version: 2.6.18-7 Severity: critical Tags: patch Justification: breaks the whole system
The Linux kernel in Etch does not yet contain the following patch: http://www.mail-archive.com/netdev@vger.kernel.org/msg28143.html While running our NFS server in Etch, it began panicing in the BNX2 driver sometimes as often as once every 15 minutes, leading to loss of sync with the clients and even loss of some data. This bug seems to affect all systems using the BNX2 networking driver. I created a new kernel package from the Etch linux-source-2.6.18 (2.6.18-7 Debian:testing) with just the above patch applied, and have been running that, and it seems that has solved the problem. I believe this simple patch must be backported into the etch kernel right away - certainly before Etch's release. Otherwise, this hard-to-track bug will cause the highest-usage affected machines to crash without warning, especially at times of highest load. This network driver seems to be the one which will be used for all the Dell PowerEdge 1950/2950 servers, so the impact will probably rather widespread. Let me know if I can provide any further information. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-amd64 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-3-amd64 depends on: ii coreutils 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.30.13 Debian configuration management sy ii e2fsprogs 1.37-2sarge1 ext2 file system utilities and lib ii initramfs-tools [linux-ini 0.85b~bpo.1 tools for generating an initramfs ii module-init-tools 3.2.2-3~bpo.1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo -- debconf information excluded -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]