On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 02:33:18PM -0700, - wrote: > Kernel version 2.6.20.4 works. What I'm experiencing is a kernel panic as > soon as the first received packet comes in via the sis900 ethernet > interface. The machine is locked up and part of the kernel panic message > is lost as it has scrolled off the screen and the virtual terminal has > crashed as well (the kernel appears to have done a permanent halt - the > keyboard LEDs are flashing). The only way I could get the machine to boot > without this problem was to unplug the ethernet cable - but it would > appear as soon as the the first packet was received after plugging the > cable back in. That's not good since the machine in question is a server > in a co-location facility (I can't print the screen either). The kernel > panic was repeatable without fail. As this usually happens before "init" > is called, the only "program" running is the kernel itself. I don't have > any syslog/dmesg message recorded to disk for the event. I've rolled back > to version 2.6.20.4 in the meantime.
You need this.. http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux%2Fkernel%2Fgit%2Ftorvalds%2Flinux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=dc5a144991ba803bc8afded105c9db1dea0e57ab Which is queued for -stable afaik, but no sign of 2.6.21.2 yet. Greg/Chris? Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - 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
