On (20/01/08 22:05), Balbir Singh didst pronounce: > * Mel Gorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-01-20 16:31:42]: > > > On (17/01/08 02:35), Andrew Morton didst pronounce: > > > > > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.24-rc8/2.6.24-rc8-mm1/ > > > > > > > The e100 network driver is failing to load properly on an old laptop. The > > dmesg output is as follows > > > > [ 68.875508] e100: Intel(R) PRO/100 Network Driver, 3.5.23-k4-NAPI > > [ 68.877091] e100: Copyright(c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation > > [ 68.881216] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:03.0[A] -> Link [LNKC] -> GSI 11 > > (level, low) -> IRQ 11 > > [ 68.893113] modprobe:2736 conflicting cache attribute e8120000-e8121000 > > uncached<->default > > [ 68.897090] e100: 0000:00:03.0: e100_probe: Cannot map device registers, > > aborting. > > [ 68.901108] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:03.0 disabled > > [ 68.905106] e100: probe of 0000:00:03.0 failed with error -12 > > > > The "conflicting cache attribute" message appears to be part of the PAT > > patches > > in the git-x86 tree (cc's added). It may be a co-incidence but reverting > > git-net related patches didn't fix it but reverting git-x86 and any > > depencies to make quilt work did. > > > > Hi, Mel, > > Found and fixed the problem. The patch is available at > > http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/1/17/534 >
Ah, my bad. I missed it when reading the thread earlier. Confirmed, this patch fixes the problem. Thanks. -- Mel Gorman Part-time Phd Student Linux Technology Center University of Limerick IBM Dublin Software Lab -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
