netdev - Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 13072] New: forcedeth seems to switch off eth on shutdown

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Message-Id: <20090414170326.138bf773.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:03:26 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@...dia.com>
Cc:	bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org, daniel.bierstedt@....de
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 13072] New: forcedeth seems to switch off eth
 on shutdown


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On Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:00:54 GMT
bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org wrote:

> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13072
> 
>            Summary: forcedeth seems to switch off eth on shutdown
>            Product: Drivers
>            Version: 2.5
>     Kernel Version: 2.6.29.1
>           Platform: All
>         OS/Version: Linux
>               Tree: Mainline
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P1
>          Component: Network
>         AssignedTo: drivers_network@...nel-bugs.osdl.org
>         ReportedBy: daniel.bierstedt@....de
>         Regression: No
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I've built a vanilla 2.6.29.1 on a Debian Lenny (stable) system. After
> recognizing that I will not get lirc working on 2.6.29, I wanted to switch back
> to 2.6.28.9. But on any other kernel than 2.6.29.1, the network interface is
> down (no led's no link).
> Ifconfig on 2.6.28.9 is reporting "no link" for eth0, so the driver seems to be
> loaded fine...
> 
> The forcedeth from 2.6.29.1 seems to "shut down" the interface on shutdown, so
> no other kernel can use it.
> 

Seems to be a 2.6.28->2.6.29 regression.
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