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    DateSun, 20 Jan 2008 22:05:09 +0530
    FromBalbir Singh <>
    SubjectRe: 2.6.24-rc8-mm1
    * Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> [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 
    
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    	Warm Regards,
    	Balbir Singh
    	Linux Technology Center
    	IBM, ISTL
    
    
    
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