Bug#541702: linux-image-2.6.30-1-686: Kernel fails to start networking because no e100 firmware

2009-08-15 Thread james.bottom...@hansenpartnership.com
Package: linux-image-2.6.30-1-686 Version: 2.6.30-5 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 2.2.1 On upgrade from 2.6.30-2-686 networking (on a remote machine) failed to start, meaning that a support ticket had to be opened for KVM access. Diagnosis revealed that the e100 driver in 2.6.26-2-686

Bug#541702: linux-image-2.6.30-1-686: Kernel fails to start networking because no e100 firmware

2009-08-15 Thread James Bottomley
On Sat, 2009-08-15 at 19:21 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Sat, 2009-08-15 at 10:47 -0700, james.bottom...@hansenpartnership.com wrote: Package: linux-image-2.6.30-1-686 Version: 2.6.30-5 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 2.2.1 That very same section explains why we cannot do

Bug#541702: linux-image-2.6.30-1-686: Kernel fails to start networking because no e100 firmware

2009-08-15 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2009-08-15 at 14:16 -0500, James Bottomley wrote: On Sat, 2009-08-15 at 19:21 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Sat, 2009-08-15 at 10:47 -0700, james.bottom...@hansenpartnership.com wrote: Package: linux-image-2.6.30-1-686 Version: 2.6.30-5 Severity: serious Justification:

Bug#541702: linux-image-2.6.30-1-686: Kernel fails to start networking because no e100 firmware

2009-08-15 Thread James Bottomley
OK, so lets go back to basics here. The point of a bug report is to report a bug. The Bug here is that large numbers of systems will break on upgrade to this kernel once it hits stable. This is the problem that needs fixing. The fact that you find the suggested fix politically incorrect, or

Bug#541702: linux-image-2.6.30-1-686: Kernel fails to start networking because no e100 firmware

2009-08-15 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2009-08-15 at 17:13 -0500, James Bottomley wrote: OK, so lets go back to basics here. The point of a bug report is to report a bug. The Bug here is that large numbers of systems will break on upgrade to this kernel once it hits stable. This is the problem that needs fixing. OK.