Bug#311820: ioctl(fd, SIOCGMIIPHY,...) causes hard freeze before first ifconfig up

Hi Marcin, There is an upstream bug describing the same problem: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5624 I've checked that the 2.6.16 kernel which is currently in unstable contains the fix to the b44 driver described there. I'd appreciate if you could test it and close the bug if it

Bug#311820: ioctl(fd, SIOCGMIIPHY,...) causes hard freeze before first ifconfig up

Package: kernel-image-2.6.11-1-686 Version: 2.6.11-5 Severity: normal I was experimenting with ifupdown's mapping feature to autodetect the network my laptop is connected currently before bringing the interface up, and have found the following problem: Invoking mii-tool eth0 before the first