netdev - Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 13397] New: forcedeth driver doesn't work during network boot

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Message-Id: <20090529143146.ba79428a.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Fri, 29 May 2009 14:31:46 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@...dia.com>
Cc:	bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org,
	bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org, rolf.fokkens@...nge.nl,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 13397] New: forcedeth driver doesn't work
 during network boot


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On Thu, 28 May 2009 10:14:30 GMT
bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org wrote:

> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13397
> 
>            Summary: forcedeth driver doesn't work during network boot
>            Product: Drivers
>            Version: 2.5
>     Kernel Version: 2.6.29.3
>           Platform: All
>         OS/Version: Linux
>               Tree: Mainline
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: high
>           Priority: P1
>          Component: Network
>         AssignedTo: drivers_network@...nel-bugs.osdl.org
>         ReportedBy: rolf.fokkens@...nge.nl
>         Regression: No
> 
> 
> After installing Fedora 11-preview my diskless PC no longer boots. The initrd
> hangs when trying to bring te interface up. Remarkable is tha fact that de DHCP
> server (another Linux PC) registers a full DHCPDISCOVER, -OFFER, -REQUEST and
> -ACK sequence.
> 
> Before initrd tries te bring up the interface the BIOS does a PXE boot, which
> starts a gPXE image which starts the Fedora installation via grub over iscsi.
> 
> Both the BIOS PXE boot and the gPXE boot run without any trouble. Inird however
> hangs.
> 
> The used hardwars is a Asus M3N-VM MoBo with onboard ethernet device.
> 

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