On Sat, 2015-09-26 at 18:04 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > Control: tag -1 - newcomer > Control: tag -1 moreinfo > > On Sat, 2015-09-26 at 12:10 -0400, Matthew Schneider wrote: > > Package: src:linux > > Version: 4.1.6-1 > > Severity: important > > Tags: newcomer > > > > Dear Maintainer, > > > > * What led up to the situation? > > Attempted to install the mainline Debian kernel for the first time > on > > this system. > > * What was the outcome of this action? > > The ethernet did not come up. > > > > The problem seems to be outlined and solved here: > > > http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.netbook.arm.sunxi/17147 > > > > It would seem that an additional module needs to be included for it > > to work correctly. > [...] > > None of the extra modules that were enabled as a 'solution' have > anything to do with this hardware (or any real hardware). So I don't > think we have a real solution.
I agree, the URL suggests: > CONFIG_REGULATOR_DEBUG=y > CONFIG_REGULATOR_VIRTUAL_CONSUMER=y > CONFIG_REGULATOR_USERSPACE_CONSUMER=y > CONFIG_PWM_SUN4I=y Of which the first is a debug option, the second two are "virtual" (in that they don't relate to any real hardware) and the final one, while related to h/w it is not h/w which should have anything to do with Ethernet. My best guess is that one of these has some sort of knock-on dependency which causes something else to be enabled. I'm going to investigate that possibility now... In the meantime: > Please send the boot log from Linux 4.1 (or 4.2, which just landed in > unstable). Yes, please. It would also be useful/interesting to know which Allwinner A10 device this was with. Ian.