Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750731AbWBMDwd (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Feb 2006 22:52:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751575AbWBMDwd (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Feb 2006 22:52:33 -0500 Received: from hera.kernel.org ([140.211.167.34]:57814 "EHLO hera.kernel.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750731AbWBMDwc (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Feb 2006 22:52:32 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: nfsroot doesn't work with intel card since 2.6.12.2/2.6.11 Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 19:52:04 -0800 (PST) Organization: Mostly alphabetical, except Q, with we do not fancy Message-ID: References: <20060205215455.7622B1C8E46@fisica.ufpr.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: terminus.zytor.com 1139802724 12126 127.0.0.1 (13 Feb 2006 03:52:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@terminus.zytor.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 03:52:04 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1085 Lines: 26 Followup to: <20060205215455.7622B1C8E46@fisica.ufpr.br> By author: carlos@fisica.ufpr.br (Carlos Carvalho) In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > 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. > Care to try out the klibc tree? git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hpa/linux-2.6-klibc.git -hpa - 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/