Andrew Morton wrote:
> (Please resond via reply-to-all, not via the bugzilla UI)
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>   
>> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6468
>>
>>            Summary: sky2 driver doesnt work in 2.6.16-r3,-r4 but was working
>>                     in 2.6.15-r8
>>     Kernel Version: 2.6.16-r4
>>             Status: NEW
>>           Severity: high
>>              Owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>          Submitter: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
>> Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur:
>> 2.6.15-r8
>>
>> Distribution:
>> gentoo
>>
>> Hardware Environment:
>> Asus A38, Pentium-M 2.0GHz, 1024M RAM, Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053
>> PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 19)
>>
>> Problem Description:
>> No packets are received by programs while ifconfig counts them. No iptables
>> rules in effect and all chans policies set to ACCEPT.
>> dhcpcd fails to get response from server. tcpdump doesnt show any incoming
>> packets while shows outgoing. ifconfig indicates that both rx and tx get 
>> increased!
>>
>> That driver was working for me till 2.6.15-r8. It doesn't work with 2.6.16-r3
>> nor -r4. I didn't try earlier 2.6.16 kernels but will do that if needed.
>>
>> I tried to load module with disable_msi=1 but it didn't make any difference.
>>
>> Steps to reproduce:
>> modprobe sky2 debug=16
>> dhcpcd eth0
>> tcpdump -n -i eth0
>>
>>     
>
> I assume that when you say "2.6.16-r4" you actually mean "2.6.16-rc4"?  Or
> do you mean 2.6.16.4?  It matters rather a lot.
>
> So, please confirm the earliest known-to-be-broken kernel version and the
> latest known-to-be-working version, using the correct release
> identification, thanks.
>
>
>   
My apologies. That was false alert. It seems to be Gentoo kernel patches
problem.
I just finished checking kernels from kernel.org and found 2.6.16,
2.6.16.6 and 2.6.16.11 to be working well.


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