Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 4 Dec 2006 15:13:59 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.19-rc6-mm2: uli526x only works after reload |
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On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 02:08:28AM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Thursday, 30 November 2006 22:32, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > [Trimmed the Cc list a bit.] > > > > On Thursday, 30 November 2006 22:12, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:21:27 +0100 > > > "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> wrote: > > > > > > > On Thursday, 30 November 2006 02:04, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > > > On Thursday, 30 November 2006 00:26, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:08:21 +0100 > > > > > > "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, 29 November 2006 22:31, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, 29 November 2006 22:30, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:08:00 +0100 > > > > > > > > > "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, 29 November 2006 20:54, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, 28 November 2006 11:02, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Temporarily at > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/2.6.19-rc6-mm2/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Will appear eventually at > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.19-rc6/2.6.19-rc6-mm2/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A minor issue: on one of my (x86-64) test boxes the uli526x driver doesn't > > > > > > > > > > > work when it's first loaded. I have to rmmod and modprobe it to make it work. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That isn't a minor issue. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It worked just fine on -mm1, so something must have happened to it recently. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sorry, I was wrong. The driver doesn't work at all, even after reload. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > tulip-dmfe-carrier-detection-fix.patch was added in rc6-mm2. But you're > > > > > > > > > not using that (corrent?) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > git-netdev-all changes drivers/net/tulip/de2104x.c, but you're not using > > > > > > > > > that either. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > git-powerpc(!) alters drivers/net/tulip/de4x5.c, but you're not using that. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Beats me, sorry. Perhaps it's due to changes in networking core. It's > > > > > > > > > presumably a showstopper for statically-linked-uli526x users. If you could > > > > > > > > > bisect it, please? I'd start with git-netdev-all, then tulip-*. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > OK, but it'll take some time. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > OK, done. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It's one of these (the first one alone doesn't compile): > > > > > > > > > > > > > > git-netdev-all.patch > > > > > > > git-netdev-all-fixup.patch > > > > > > > libphy-dont-do-that.patch > > > > > > > > Hm, all of these patches are the same as in -mm1 which hasn't caused any > > > > problems to appear on this box. > > > > > > > > So, it seems there's another change between -mm1 and -mm2 that causes this > > > > to happen. > > > > > > > > > > It would be nice to eliminate libphy-dont-do-that.patch if poss - that was > > > a rogue akpm patch aimed at some incomprehensible gobbledigook in the > > > netdev tree (and to fix the current_is_keventd-not-exported-to-modules > > > bug). > > > > Unfortunately the kernel doesn't compile without it ... > > > > Well, I think I'll try to find the patch that contains the change which has > > triggered this. > > It looks like the winner is: > > gregkh-driver-driver-core-fixes-sysfs_create_link-retval-checks-in-core.c.patch > > Without this patch there are no problems, with this patch applied the problems > (with uli526x, when it's the second interface and the first one is not used) > occur, almost 100% of the time.
Ok, I've now removed this from my tree.
thanks,
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