Auke Kok wrote:
Jay Vosburgh wrote:
Running both 2.6.17.6 plus the e1000 7.2.7 from sourceforge, or
the e1000 in netdev-2.6#upstream (7.1.9-k4).
Starting up "ethtool -p ethX" then unplugging the cable
connected to the identified port is causing my system to completely
freeze; even sysrq is unresponsive. I'm running on a 2-way x86 box,
with an 82545GM.
Is this by any chance a known problem?
not at all.
One of my brain halves (the third one ;)) poked me and told me that it *is* a
known issue. Not good. Apparently as early as kernel 2.5.50 a change was
introduced that causes this. I am unsure what exactly caused it and I assume it
is generic (other nic's might also suffer). The issue is documented in our
standalone driver documentation. Not sure what to do with this.
Auke
-
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