On 06.04.2007 [17:36:00 -0700], David Miller wrote: > From: "Michael Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:57:13 -0700 > > > On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 14:40 -0700, Nishanth Aravamudan wrote: > > > > > 2.6.21-rc5 is ok. 2.6.21-rc6 results in > > > > > > [ 14.241665] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference (address > > > 0000000000000000) > > > > Sorry, I think this should fix it: > > > > [TG3]: Fix crash during tg3_init_one(). > > > > The driver will crash when the chip has been initialized by EFI before > > tg3_init_one(). In this case, the driver will call tg3_chip_reset() > > before allocating consistent memory. > > > > The bug is fixed by checking for tp->hw_status before accessing it > > during tg3_chip_reset(). > > > > Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Applied, thanks Michael.
FWIW, tested, no panic. Tested-by: Nishanth Aravamudan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks, Nish -- Nishanth Aravamudan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> IBM Linux Technology Center - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
