New: nfs-root fails with commit 303c6a0251852ecbdc5c15e466dcaff5971f7517

Bugme-new Andrew Morton 1 participant 1 message Mar 26, 2009 1 message not in the archive

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2009-03-26 14:56 UTC #1 lore raw

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Quoted 33 lines · On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:41:52 GMT [email protected] wrote:

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12946
           Summary: nfs-root fails with commit
                    303c6a0251852ecbdc5c15e466dcaff5971f7517
           Product: Networking
           Version: 2.5
    Kernel Version: 2.6.29
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
              Tree: Mainline
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P1
         Component: Other
        AssignedTo: [email protected]
        ReportedBy: [email protected]
        Regression: Yes
nfs-root fails with this commit on my pxa270 based custom board. network card is SMSC LAN91C111.
Kernel command line parameters are "console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=192.168.10.240:/home/uskim/work/rootfs/mg-image-minimal-mgpmp,tcp ip=dhcp"
VFS: Mounted root (nfs filesystem) on device 0:14. Freeing init memory: 140K
nfs: server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx not responding, still trying
nfs: server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx not responding, still trying
nfs: server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx not responding, still trying
...

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I had waited a hour in this state but never come back "nfs OK"
Sometimes I can login but after some work always get same message (approximately within 5 minutes).

Uwe Bugla also has fingered this commit (in his inimitable way) for causing networking to break.