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On Sun, 2006-09-17 at 15:12 -0400, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > Hello, and apologies for the reply delay. (This is a production > machine, and I haven't been able to experiment until today, though I > should have time Tuesday morning to try some things if needed.) > > On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 11:53 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > (Switching from bugzilla to email - please retain all Cc's) > > > > On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:04:03 -0700 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7159 > > > > > > Summary: No networking on a machine with Ethernet Pro 100 and > > > Realtek 8139 > > > Kernel Version: 2.6.16, 2.6.17, 2.6.18-rc6 > > > Status: NEW > > > Severity: normal > > > Owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Submitter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: 2.6.8 > > > Distribution: Debian > > > Hardware Environment: Dual-PIII, Ethernet Pro 100 and Realtek 8139 PCI > > > interfaces > > > Software Environment: Debian Etch (Testing) > > > Problem Description: The network is not reachable, though the kernel does > > > seem > > > to sense line presence on both interfaces. > > > > > > On boot, udev/discover loads e100, 8139cp and 8139too. /etc/modules does > > > not > > > have any network modules (needs eepro100 for 2.6.8, but I removed it, no > > > change). The relevant lspci listings > > > are: > > > > > > 00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro > > > 100] (rev 05) > > > 00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > > > RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) > > > > > > Both interfaces work fine under 2.6.8 as long as eepro100 is loaded. > > > > > > More information (lspci -v, /proc/interrupts, /proc/ioports) can be found > > > at the > > > Debian bug: http://bugs.debian.org/386972 > > > > > > Steps to reproduce: Boot, try to use network. > > > > > > > This is all a bit peculiar. I'd be assuming that you're not getting > > any interrupts through for those NICs. > > > > Could you please check /proc/interrupts, see if the interrupt counts > > related to the NICs can be made to increase? > > Can't do it. Connecting/disconnecting, ping from inside and out, > nothing increments the interrupt counts. > > > Also, the full `dmesg -s 1000000' output might help. > > > > We might also get some interesting info if you can compile your own kernel, > > build thsoe net drivers into vmlinux, capture the dmesg output. > > > > If it _is_ an IRQ problem then you might find that fiddling with ACPI > > helps: disable it in config or boot with `acpi=off', see if that helps. > > Yes! The network works just fine now. > > > Also > > try booting with the `pci=routeirq' option. > > By itself, this does not cure the network problem. But all of my GNOME > applets work with this; without it, the panel hangs after opening a few > of them. Different few every time, so it's hard to peg which one is the > problem. > > With both acpi=off and pci=routeirq, the network works and GNOME applets > work. Hooray! > > Not so fast. The machine hung completely once, then the next two boots, > everything in X hung except the cursor. I was able to ssh in, and grab > interrupts and dmesg. > > Output of "dmesg -s 1000000" and "cat /proc/interrupts" is at > http://lyre.mit.edu/~powell/temp/ (oops, I had done "ifdown eth0; ifdown > eth1" before catching interrupts-acpi=off; that's why those are absent.) > > > There are various options described under acpi= and pci= in > > Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt which it would be useful for you to > > experiment with. > > I think the acpi=off boot option did the trick. The config is Debian > stock 2.6.17-2-686 with 'enter' at all new questions in make oldconfig. > This problem is also in the Debian stock 2.6.17 and 2.6.16 kernels, so I > suspect a different .config might clear it up. > > Any suggestions there for a .config which will work with ACPI and > non-ACPI machines? Debian stock 2.6.8 seems fine (but of course is > missing the fancy new features). > > The X apps hang is a separate problem. I'll pursue it with the Debian > people before opening a separate bug. Feel free to close this one. > > Thank you again. > > -Adam -- GPG fingerprint: D54D 1AEE B11C CE9B A02B C5DD 526F 01E8 564E E4B6 Welcome to the best software in the world today cafe! http://www.take6.com/albums/greatesthits.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
