Control: tags -1 + pending confirmed Hi Timo,
On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 03:07:36AM +0100, Timo van Roermund wrote: > Hi Salvatore, > > > On 26-12-2017 16:37, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: > > Hi Timo, > > > > On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 03:38:24PM +0100, T.A. van Roermund wrote: > > > Package: src:linux > > > Version: 4.14.7-1 > > > Severity: critical > > > Tags: patch upstream > > > Justification: breaks the whole system > > > > > > Dear Maintainer, > > > > > > This morning, I updated the Linux kernel from linux-image-4.13.0-1-amd64 > > > to linux-image-4.14.0-2-amd64. > > > Afterwards, my Intel Gigabit adapter (details below) did not work > > > properly anymore (no link). > > > When booting back into the previous kernel (4.13), everything works > > > properly again. > > > > > > It seems like others experience the same behavior, see: > > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198047 > > > > > > According to that thread, this bug was introduced in v4.14.3 through > > > commit 830466993daf09adbd179e4c74db07279a088f8c > > > ("e1000e: Separate signaling for link check/link up", upstream: > > > 19110cfbb34d4af0cdfe14cd243f3b09dc95b013). > > > > > > The thread also includes a patch that (apparently) fixes the problem: > > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=261183&action=diff&collapsed=&headers=1&format=raw > > > > > > Could you please apply this patch to the Debian kernel, until it is > > > included in upstream? > > Sorry to hear that. Would it be possible for you to confirm that the > > patch fixes your issue, following: > > > > https://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html#s4.2.2 > > > > Regards, > > Salvatore > > I followed these instructions to build a patched kernel: > Linux 4.14.0-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.14.7-1a~test (2017-12-27) x86_64 > GNU/Linux > > With this kernel, the link of my Intel Gigabit adapter comes up again and > works normally. > > So yes, I can hereby confirm that the patch fixes my issue. FTR, and sorry for the delay: The change is pending por the next upload. https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/kernel/linux.git/commit/?h=sid&id=6a221d27b1ef3406e2dc4a822bb7fe9b4318590d Regards, Salvatore
