Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: nfsroot doesn't work with intel card since 2.6.12.2/2.6.11 | From | Trond Myklebust <> | Date | Sun, 05 Feb 2006 21:19:30 -0500 |
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On Sun, 2006-02-05 at 19:54 -0200, Carlos Carvalho wrote: > We have several machines with Intel Corp. 82544EI Gigabit Ethernet > Controller (Copper) (rev 02), as reported by lspci. They don't manage > to mount the rootfs via nfs anymore. I've tried several combinations > and the last one that works is 2.6.12.2 using the 2.6.11 version of > the driver (simply replacing the files in the tree). 2.6.12.2 with its > own driver doesn't work. > > There seems to be a pattern: at each version the machine has more > difficulty mounting the rootfs. Other machines using other ethercards > but with the same server and filesystem work normally. > > This is a showstopper for us since we cannot upgrade the kernel. > > The same problem happens with 2.4, and the last combination that > manages to boot is 2.4.32-pre1 with the 2.4.30 driver. > > Any hints?
Not easy, given that you've told us nothing about your actual setup. However at a quick guess: have you tried the 'tcp' mount option?
Cheers, Trond
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