Alexey Dobriyan wrote: > On Wed, Dec 03, 2008 at 05:18:34PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: >> x86_64, CONFIG_E1000E=y. >> >> Current Linus mainline is OK, but with linux-next I'm seeing the following: >> >> - During boot I see a "cannot open /proc/net/dev" fly past. But when >> it gets to the login prompt, I can read /proc/net/dev. > > I _suspect_ it might me something with /proc/net changes (again) and initcall > ordering. > > Andrew, as rejectless quick test, you can do > > git checkout -f 26b0d981e7dd1d5b4852ed5719bd1388c7994163 # sic > > which is the last tree merged before proc tree in that next tree. > >> - Networking won't come up. `ifup eth0' says "determining ip address >> ... failed", and the failure is immediate. >> >> - eth0 appears in the ifconfig oputput as normal - it just won't come up. >> >> - nothing interesting in dmesg >> >> >> Here's the dmesg: http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/dmesg-dead-net.txt >> (that dmesg was generated with E1000=y, E1000E=y, but that doesn't seem >> to matter) >> >> The .config: http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/config-dead-net.txt
perhaps this line has something to do with it? [ 50.539326] type=1400 audit(1228348149.537:4): avc: denied { mount } for pid=11636 comm="ifconfig" name="/" dev=proc/net ino=4026531842 scontext=system_u:system_r:ifconfig_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0 tclass=filesystem maybe try disabling selinux? Auke ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel