New: [2.6.28 regression] sis900 fast ethernet breakage
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Quoted 24 lines · On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:00:58 -0800 (PST) [email protected] wrote:
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12432
Summary: [2.6.28 regression] sis900 fast ethernet breakage Product: Networking Version: 2.5 KernelVersion: 2.6.28 Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Tree: Mainline Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P1 Component: Other AssignedTo: [email protected] ReportedBy: [email protected]Latest working kernel version: 2.6.27
Earliest failing kernel version: 2.6.28
Distribution: gentoo
Hardware Environment: i686, sis900 ethernet
Problem Description: i can't reach the machine anymore, since i've installed 2.6.28 vanilla. it worked in 2.6.27 with the same configuration.
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Steps to reproduce:
You need a sis900 ethernet and even if you set an ip, the machine doesn't respond anymore to the net.
I tried assigning a dynamic ip with dhcpcd eth0 and i'll post the dmesg.
It's a regression and I'm not seeing any likely-looking changes to that driver in 2.6.28.