netdev - RE: [PATCH] e1000e: Fix usage under kexec

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Date:	Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:34:36 -0700
From:	"Tantilov, Emil S" <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>
To:	Stefan Assmann <sassmann@...hat.com>, Sven Anders <sven@...uras.de>
CC:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] e1000e: Fix usage under kexec

Stefan Assmann wrote:
> On 09.11.2009 21:25, Sven Anders wrote:
>> Hello!
>> 
>> We're experiencing the following problem:
>> 
>> We start a minimal linux system, prepare the system and start the
>> final system via kexec. On two different systems (one with a 82573
>> and one with a 82574), the driver cannot initialize the network
>> hardware, because the PHY is not recognized. 
>> 
>> We get the following error:
>>   e1000e: probe of 0000:02:00.0 failed with error -2
> 
> Hi Sven,
> 
> have a look at the following thread, it seems very similar.
> http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-netdev/2009/3/7/5114394
> 
>   Stefan
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Ignore my previous email - wrong click sent it sooner than intended.

There is already similar code in e1000e:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4f9de721ab73a5271a79b126f7b5140b01a05c99


Sven, could you provide some additional information about your system and kernel/driver verison you used when the issue occurred?

I have not been able to reproduce it on my setup.

Thanks,
Emil--
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