Package: ethernet-card-detection
Severity: critical
It is not possible to bring Gigaswift (aka Cassini) ethernet cards
online and therefore continue installation on SunFire V440
(UltraSparc IIIi) when I use boot.img placed in the following
directory of debian archives:
/debian/dists/sid/main/installer-sparc/current/images/sparc64/netboot/
2.6/
The installation fails during network detection process with the
following dump:
Apr 4 21:40:00 main-menu[2937]: DEBUG: configure ethernet-card-
detection, status: 0
Apr 4 21:40:00 main-menu[2937]: DEBUG: virtual package ethernet-card-
detection
Apr 4 21:40:00 kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference
Apr 4 21:40:00 kernel: tsk->{mm,active_mm}->context = 00000000000001b6
Apr 4 21:40:00 kernel: tsk->{mm,active_mm}->pgd = fffff8133f65e000
Apr 4 21:40:00 kernel: \|/ ____ \|/
Apr 4 21:40:00 kernel: "@'/ .. \`@"
Apr 4 21:40:00 kernel: /_| \__/ |_\
Apr 4 21:40:00 kernel: \__U_/
Apr 4 21:40:00 kernel: netcfg(7981): Oops [#1]
Apr 4 21:40:00 kernel: TSTATE: 0000009980009600 TPC:
0000000000412eb4 TNPC: 0000000000412eb8 Y: 00000000 Not tainted
Apr 4 21:40:00 kernel: TPC: <request_irq+0x14/0x2b8>
Apr 4 21:40:00 kernel: g0: fffff8133ecfc000 g1: fffff800006dd000 g2:
00000000000066d8 g3: fffff8133e2c13e0
Apr 4 21:40:00 kernel: g4: fffff8133d30b9c0 g5: 0000000000000000 g6:
fffff8133e808000 g7: 00000000000066b8
The cards are recognized by the driver. Driver has explicitly
mentioned that MAC address are not set in some kind of firmware
memory (?)
Mentioned boot.img uses kernel 2.6.15-1, this bug was probably solved
in 2.6.16, so this is something to be checked and boot.img file is to
be updated.
I'm ready to test this problem again upon your request.
Karel Panek ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] )
EMPYREUM Information Technologies
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