netdev - Re: [stable] PROBLEM: SIS900 Driver change in Linux Kernel 2.6.21 causes kernel panic.

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Date:	Wed, 16 May 2007 16:12:32 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
Cc:	- <kd6lvw@...oo.com>, Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Daniele Venzano <venza@...wnhat.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [stable] PROBLEM: SIS900 Driver change in Linux Kernel 2.6.21
	causes kernel panic.

On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 06:17:04PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> 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?

I have a large queue backing up, will try to flush it out by tomorrow
and get a review cycle started.

thanks,

greg "i'm starting to hate travelling" k-h
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