Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264362AbTFEBe5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jun 2003 21:34:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264364AbTFEBe5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jun 2003 21:34:57 -0400 Received: from e5.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.105]:45289 "EHLO e5.ny.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264362AbTFEBe4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jun 2003 21:34:56 -0400 Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 18:43:41 -0700 From: Patrick Mansfield To: Andrew Morton Cc: Stephen Hemminger , Jeff Garzik , "David S. Miller" , netdev@oss.sgi.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.5.70-bk+ broken networking Message-ID: <20030604184341.A10256@beaverton.ibm.com> References: <20030604161437.2b4d3a79.shemminger@osdl.org> <3EDE7FEB.2C7FAEC7@digeo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <3EDE7FEB.2C7FAEC7@digeo.com>; from akpm@digeo.com on Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 04:25:31PM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1742 Lines: 52 On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 04:25:31PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > > > Test machine running 2.5.70-bk latest can't boot because eth2 won't > > come up. The same machine and configuration successfully brings up > > all the devices and runs on 2.5.70. > > kjournald is stuck waiting for IO to complete against some buffer > during transaction commit. > > I'd be suspecting block layer or device drivers. What device driver > is handling your /var/log? I also can't get networking up on current bk, I don't know if this is the same problem, the system did not hang (I'm not running NIS?). I also got that "sender address length == 0" message, I have not seen it before, it seems to be output by the "ip -o link". During boot: [ ... ] Enabling local filesystem quotas: [ OK ] Enabling swap space: [ OK ] /bin/cat: /proc/ksyms: No such file or directory INIT: Entering runlevel: 3 Entering non-interactive startup Setting network parameters: [ OK ] Bringing up interface lo: [ OK ] sender address length == 0 sender address length == 0 Starting system logger: [ OK ] Starting kernel logger: [ OK ] Starting portmapper: [ OK ] Starting NFS file locking services: [ ... ] After logging in: [root@elm3b79 root]# ifup eth0 sender address length == 0 [root@elm3b79 root]# ip -o link sender address length == 0 [root@elm3b79 root]# dmesg | grep eth0 eth0: Digital DS21140 Tulip rev 33 at 0xf8800000, 00:00:BC:0F:03:EB, IRQ 36. -- Patrick Mansfield - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/