Re: kernel-2.4.3-12+DM9102 available.

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On Fri, 29 Jun 2001 14:13:06 -0500 "Mike Chambers" <mike netlyncs com>
spit forth:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ABrady" <kcsmart kc rr com>
> To: <seawolf-list redhat com>
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 1:33 PM
> Subject: Re: kernel-2.4.3-12+DM9102 available.
> 
> 
> > On Fri, 29 Jun 2001 11:19:58 -0700 Hugo Carvalho <hugo synopsys com>
> > spit forth:
> >
> > > > Well, eth0 and dmfe.o worked using the RH 7.1 I installed from
> the
> > > > purchased box set. Up2date modified my system to upgrade the
> kernel
> > > to
> > > > 2.4.3-12, did not include a dmfe.o module in that distro, and
> now
> > > eth0 no
> > >
> > > My onboard digital eth using the tulip driver also stoped working
> > > after
> > > upgrading the kernel...
> > > the tulip driver is included and loaded.
> > > just ifup fails to "get IP information"...
> >
> > Had the same problem. Even tried removing/replacing cards to get it
> to
> > work (2 NICs) and it still failed. I just turned off networking and
> > added lines at the end of rc.local to bring the cards and networking
> up.
> >
> > Except that I wasn't able to get it to work at all on this
> particular
> > release, this has been ongoing with 2.4.X in that I lose networking
> and
> > have to add/remove cards or add/remove lines to rc.local to get it
> back.
> > I intend to write a few bug reports as soon as I find time (maybe
> > Sunday).
> >
> > This kernel release has the added feature (not a bug, surely) of
> saying
> > that it's unmounting all filesystems when shutting down, then
> sitting
> > there for long periods of time, such as forever, or until I hit the
> > power switch.
> >
> > I was about to go back to the rawhide kernel since it didn't do that
> to
> > me and the NICs worked after manually moving them in and out of
> slots.
> 
> Have you both tried adding alias ethX tulip (where X is interface #)
> to
> /etc/modules.conf and running depmod -a?  I run Linksys NIC's and as
> far as
> I can remember they all have worked with pretty much every kernel
> since I
> started, even up to present kernel in rawhide.

I've depmoded, removed and reinstalled cards, moved cards to different
slots, let kudzu find/configure them, manually configured them, on and
on. The 2.4.3-12 kernel is the only one that has gotten to the point
that it won't load the modules at the right point at boot. It will find
one sometimes, sometimes none, never both. This is with the tulip and
3c59x modules. The 3c59x module gets loaded but, it never brings the
link up. Or it gets loaded and brings the link up. Or it never loads the
module. But, the tulip fails 100% of the time. I rmmod and insmod and
start networking at the end of rc.local and it works flawlessly.

The point is I get everything working, depmod, modprobe, whatever, then
reboot and it fails. I can reproduce this 100% of the time with the
minor variation on the 3c59x.

I can also reproduce, on this kernel only, the hang during unmounting
filesystems during reboot or shutdown.

I just compiled 2.4.5 and I think I'll use that for awhile.

-- 
Easily amused.