Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753374AbZALCui (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:50:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751950AbZALCu3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:50:29 -0500 Received: from vms044pub.verizon.net ([206.46.252.44]:55360 "EHLO vms044pub.verizon.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751578AbZALCu1 (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:50:27 -0500 Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:50:16 -0500 From: Gene Heskett Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.29-rc1 MAJOR advisory In-reply-to: <64bb37e0901111306sf1efbachbeb5ad523fa17e26@mail.gmail.com> To: "Torsten Kaiser" Cc: "Linus Torvalds" , "Linux Kernel Mailing List" Message-id: <200901112150.16108.gene.heskett@gmail.com> Organization: Organization? very little MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline References: <200901111510.30064.gene.heskett@gmail.com> <64bb37e0901111306sf1efbachbeb5ad523fa17e26@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 18620 Lines: 275 On Sunday 11 January 2009, Torsten Kaiser wrote: >On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 9:10 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: >> I don't believe it is. MAJOR problem. I have an ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe >> motherboard I paid about $275 for in late Sept 2008, and one attempt to >> boot the 2.6.29-rc1 I had built destroyed the MCP55 eth0 port, no power on >> the port at all now, and I've rebooted to 2.6.28, still no eth0, so I have >> now enabled in the bios and am using the 2nd & last eth1 port on this >> mobo. > >I have also an ASUS MCP55 board, a KFN5-D. > >To save the crash I reported in the "[git pull] x86 fixes" thread, I >had to boot the patch -rc1 a second time. >After saving the Oops on my second pc I rebooted my test system (the >one with the MCP55) into 2.6.28 and the boot process hung as it wanted >to mount its NFS filesystems. Trying to connect from the second system >failed, not even a ping reply. >But: Just removing the ethernet cable and immediately reconnecting it >seemed to have kicked my MCP55 ethernet port back in working order. > I unplugged it and plugged it back in a couple of times. Absolutely NO led activity in the connector was observed, but since this board has 2 ethernet ports, the other port lit up like the 4th of July when I stuck the cable into it. So I rebooted, and enabled that port in the bios, then booted 2.6.28, copied /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to ifcfg-eth1, edited it to call itself eth1 without even changing the mac address, did a 'service network restart' which reported a failure downing eth0, then another upping it, and success upping eth1. Pinged yahoo, works. I will call my friend at the shop where I bought all this and see if he can arrange a preship of another board since ASUS has a years warranty. But to me, its pretty fishy that it was working normally when I shut down 2.6.28, failed on the boot to 2.6.29-rc1, twice, and was still dead when 2.6.28 was rebooted. That points an awfully straight and strong finger at 2.6.29-rc1. >No fishy things in the syslog... As you can see in the dmesg I attached, I had problems from the gitgo. But just for grins, I'll check messages too, for the first boot, hang on a sec. First was the usual your bios is crap, fixing it notice, then: Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: RSDP 000F7D20, 0024 (r2 Nvidia) Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: XSDT DFEE3100, 004C (r1 Nvidia ASUSACPI 42302E31 AWRD 0) Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: FACP DFEEADC0, 00F4 (r3 Nvidia ASUSACPI 42302E31 AWRD 0) Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI Warning (tbfadt-0568): 32/64X length mismatch in Pm1aEventBlock: 32/8 [20081204] Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI Warning (tbfadt-0568): 32/64X length mismatch in Pm1aControlBlock: 16/8 [20081204] Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI Warning (tbfadt-0568): 32/64X length mismatch in PmTimerBlock: 32/8 [20081204] Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI Warning (tbfadt-0568): 32/64X length mismatch in Gpe0Block: 64/8 [20081204] Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI Warning (tbfadt-0568): 32/64X length mismatch in Gpe1Block: 128/8 [20081204] Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI Warning (tbfadt-0412): Invalid length for Pm1aEventBlock: 8, using default 32 [20081204] Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI Warning (tbfadt-0412): Invalid length for Pm1aControlBlock: 8, using default 16 [20081204] Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI Warning (tbfadt-0412): Invalid length for PmTimerBlock: 8, using default 32 [20081204] Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 0.000000] FADT: X_PM1a_EVT_BLK.bit_width (16) does not match PM1_EVT_LEN (4) No idea what that means. Then: Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.231132] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null) Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.231202] IP: [] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x26/0x90 Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.231253] *pdpt = 000000003651f001 *pde = 0000000000000000 Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.231257] Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.231341] last sysfs file: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.0/0000:01:08.0/video4linux/radio0/dev Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.231370] Modules linked in: cx88_dvb(+) videobuf_dvb dvb_core tuner_simple tuner_types tda9887 tda8290 snd_hda_intel(+) snd_seq_dummy snd_hda_codec tuner snd_emu10k1 snd_seq_oss(+) snd_seq_midi_event snd_rawmidi snd_seq cx8800 snd_ac97_codec cx8802 cx88xx snd_pcm_oss ac97_bus snd_mixer_oss snd_seq_device snd_pcm ir_common snd_util_mem v4l2_common i2c_algo_bit snd_hwdep videodev snd_timer snd v4l1_compat tveeprom btcx_risc firewire_ohci videobuf_dma_sg snd_page_alloc firewire_core floppy videobuf_core forcedeth ftdi_sio crc_itu_t pcspkr soundcore sg sr_mod cdrom usblp usbserial evdev joydev i2c_nforce2 parport_pc i2c_core parport button ahci pata_jmicron sata_nv pata_amd libata sd_mod scsi_mod ext3 jbd mbcache uhci_hcd ohci_hcd ehci_hcd [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan] Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] Pid: 1724, comm: modprobe Tainted: G W (2.6.29-rc1 #1) System Product Name Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] EIP: 0060:[] EFLAGS: 00010246 CPU: 0 Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] EIP is at __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x26/0x90 Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] EAX: f6d97b08 EBX: f6d97b04 ECX: 00000086 EDX: 00000000 Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] ESI: f6d97b08 EDI: f6d97b0c EBP: f6af2a90 ESP: f640ae7c Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0033 SS: 0068 Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] Process modprobe (pid: 1724, ti=f640a000 task=f6af2a90 task.ti=f640a000) Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] Stack: Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] f6d97b0c f640aea2 c0660242 f6d97afc f6984000 00000001 f6d97b04 c05fe19a Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] f8404122 ffffffed f6984000 00000001 f6d97a04 f8408453 f840b0a4 f6984010 Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] 00000042 205b4138 38312020 3133322e 5d323131 f6984010 f6d97a00 f8408150 Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] Call Trace: Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] [] mutex_lock+0xa/0x10 Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] [] videobuf_dvb_get_frontend+0x12/0x60 [videobuf_dvb] Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] [] cx8802_dvb_probe+0xe3/0x1e00 [cx88_dvb] Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] [] cx8802_dvb_remove+0x0/0x60 [cx88_dvb] Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] [] cx8802_dvb_probe+0x0/0x1e00 [cx88_dvb] Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] [] cx8802_register_driver+0x1a4/0x1f0 [cx8802] Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] [] dvb_init+0x0/0x40 [cx88_dvb] Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] [] _stext+0x32/0x170 Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] [] enqueue_task_fair+0x1a/0x40 Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] [] resched_task+0x53/0x60 Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] [] try_to_wake_up+0xd6/0x160 Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] [] sys_init_module+0x87/0x1b0 Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] [] sys_init_module+0x87/0x1b0 Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] [] sys_read+0x41/0x70 Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] [] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x21 Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] Code: b6 00 00 00 00 55 57 56 53 89 c3 8d 70 04 83 ec 0c 89 f0 64 8b 2d 00 c0 72 c0 e8 06 10 00 00 8d 7b 08 8b 57 04 89 3c 24 89 67 04 <89> 22 89 54 24 04 ba ff ff ff ff 89 6c 24 08 89 d0 87 03 83 e8 Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.232006] EIP: [] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x26/0x90 SS:ESP 0068:f640ae7c Jan 11 14:15:13 coyote kernel: [ 18.237335] ---[ end trace 4eaa2a86a8e2da24 ]--- Now the above claims I am 'tainted' but I am not. But it was up for about 4 minutes and from the log, I had a network, ntpd reported sync status as good: Jan 11 14:15:44 coyote smartd[3089]: smartd has fork()ed into background mode. New PID=3089. Jan 11 14:19:32 coyote ntpd[2500]: synchronized to 204.9.136.253, stratum 2 Jan 11 14:19:32 coyote ntpd[2500]: kernel time sync status change 0001 Jan 11 14:19:38 coyote shutdown[3256]: shutting down for system reboot So the first boot worked! Long enough for ntpd, but once logged in, I had no network, and the leds on the port were dark. Hence the 2nd reboot. Then the next one, again to 2.6.29-rc1 had another Oops: Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057070] *pdpt = 0000000036859001 *pde = 0000000000000000 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057074] Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057158] last sysfs file: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.0/0000:01:0b.0/fw0/dev Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057185] Modules linked in: cx88_dvb(+) snd_emu10k1_synth videobuf_dvb dvb_core tuner_simple tuner_types tda9887 tda8290 tuner snd_emux_synth snd_seq_virmidi snd_seq_midi_emul snd_emu10k1 snd_rawmidi snd_ac97_codec snd_hda_intel(+) snd_hda_codec snd_seq_dummy ac97_bus snd_seq_oss(+) snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq cx8800 cx8802 snd_pcm_oss cx88xx snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm ir_common snd_seq_device v4l2_common videodev i2c_algo_bit snd_util_mem v4l1_compat tveeprom firewire_ohci snd_hwdep btcx_risc snd_timer videobuf_dma_sg firewire_core snd videobuf_core ftdi_sio floppy forcedeth snd_page_alloc crc_itu_t soundcore usbserial sr_mod pcspkr sg usblp parport_pc cdrom evdev joydev i2c_nforce2 parport i2c_core button ahci pata_jmicron sata_nv pata_amd libata sd_mod scsi_mod ext3 jbd mbcache uhci_hcd ohci_hcd ehci_hcd [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan] Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] Pid: 1780, comm: modprobe Tainted: G W (2.6.29-rc1 #1) System Product Name Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] EIP: 0060:[] EFLAGS: 00010246 CPU: 3 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] EIP is at __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x26/0x90 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] EAX: f64eb308 EBX: f64eb304 ECX: 00000086 EDX: 00000000 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] ESI: f64eb308 EDI: f64eb30c EBP: f76158d0 ESP: f6464e7c Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0033 SS: 0068 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] Process modprobe (pid: 1780, ti=f6464000 task=f76158d0 task.ti=f6464000) Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] Stack: Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] f64eb30c f6464ea2 c0660242 f64eb2fc f691c800 00000001 f64eb304 c05fe19a Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] f845a122 ffffffed f691c800 00000001 f64eb204 f9644453 f96470a4 f691c810 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] 00000042 205b5138 38312020 3635302e 5d303339 f691c810 f64eb200 f9644150 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] Call Trace: Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] [] mutex_lock+0xa/0x10 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] [] videobuf_dvb_get_frontend+0x12/0x60 [videobuf_dvb] Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] [] cx8802_dvb_probe+0xe3/0x1e00 [cx88_dvb] Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] [] cx8802_dvb_remove+0x0/0x60 [cx88_dvb] Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] [] cx8802_dvb_probe+0x0/0x1e00 [cx88_dvb] Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] [] cx8802_register_driver+0x1a4/0x1f0 [cx8802] Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] [] dvb_init+0x0/0x40 [cx88_dvb] Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] [] _stext+0x32/0x170 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] [] enqueue_task_fair+0x1a/0x40 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] [] resched_task+0x53/0x60 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] [] try_to_wake_up+0xd6/0x160 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] [] sys_init_module+0x87/0x1b0 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] [] sys_read+0x41/0x70 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] [] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x21 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] Code: b6 00 00 00 00 55 57 56 53 89 c3 8d 70 04 83 ec 0c 89 f0 64 8b 2d 00 c0 72 c0 e8 06 10 00 00 8d 7b 08 8b 57 04 89 3c 24 89 67 04 <89> 22 89 54 24 04 ba ff ff ff ff 89 6c 24 08 89 d0 87 03 83 e8 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.057379] EIP: [] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x26/0x90 SS:ESP 0068:f6464e7c Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.063279] ---[ end trace 4eaa2a86a8e2da24 ]--- Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.063340] note: modprobe[1780] exited with preempt_count 1 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.063411] BUG: scheduling while atomic: modprobe/1780/0x10000002 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.063472] Modules linked in: cx88_dvb(+) snd_emu10k1_synth videobuf_dvb dvb_core tuner_simple tuner_types tda9887 tda8290 tuner snd_emux_synth snd_seq_virmidi snd_seq_midi_emul snd_emu10k1 snd_rawmidi snd_ac97_codec snd_hda_intel(+) snd_hda_codec snd_seq_dummy ac97_bus snd_seq_oss(+) snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq cx8800 cx8802 snd_pcm_oss cx88xx snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm ir_common snd_seq_device v4l2_common videodev i2c_algo_bit snd_util_mem v4l1_compat tveeprom firewire_ohci snd_hwdep btcx_risc snd_timer videobuf_dma_sg firewire_core snd videobuf_core ftdi_sio floppy forcedeth snd_page_alloc crc_itu_t soundcore usbserial sr_mod pcspkr sg usblp parport_pc cdrom evdev joydev i2c_nforce2 parport i2c_core button ahci pata_jmicron sata_nv pata_amd libata sd_mod scsi_mod ext3 jbd mbcache uhci_hcd ohci_hcd ehci_hcd [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan] Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.065501] Pid: 1780, comm: modprobe Tainted: G D W 2.6.29-rc1 #1 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.065554] Call Trace: Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.065614] [] schedule+0x66c/0x790 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.065674] [] tick_dev_program_event+0x3d/0xc0 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.065737] [] free_pages_and_swap_cache+0x8d/0xb0 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.065799] [] __cond_resched+0x13/0x30 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.065853] [] _cond_resched+0x27/0x30 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.065913] [] unmap_vmas+0x7ab/0x7e0 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.065976] [] irq_exit+0x45/0x50 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.066038] [] exit_mmap+0x8e/0x150 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.066100] [] mmput+0x33/0xa0 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.066160] [] exit_mm+0xc6/0xf0 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.06621Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.066267] [] oops_begin+0x0/0x90 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.066325] [] do_page_fault+0x1ec/0x830 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.066391] [] sched_clock_cpu+0x12a/0x180 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.066445] [] do_page_fault+0x0/0x830 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.066511] [] error_code+0x72/0x78 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.066564] [] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x26/0x90 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.066623] [] mutex_lock+0xa/0x10 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.066684] [] videobuf_dvb_get_frontend+0x12/0x60 [videobuf_dvb] Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.066740] [] cx8802_dvb_probe+0xe3/0x1e00 [cx88_dvb] Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.066812] [] cx8802_dvb_remove+0x0/0x60 [cx88_dvb] Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.066867] [] cx8802_dvb_probe+0x0/0x1e00 [cx88_dvb] Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.066935] [] cx8802_register_driver+0x1a4/0x1f0 [cx8802] Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.067005] [] dvb_init+0x0/0x40 [cx88_dvb] Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.067059] [] _stext+0x32/0x170 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.067119] [] enqueue_task_fair+0x1a/0x40 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.067181] [] resched_task+0x53/0x60 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.067240] [] try_to_wake_up+0xd6/0x160 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.067314] [] sys_init_module+0x87/0x1b0 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.067369] [] sys_read+0x41/0x70 Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 18.067436] [] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x212] [] do_exit+0x106/0x7d0 And again it claims I'm tainted. There are no proprietary drivers in use that I'm aware of. Then, just about 10 lines later: Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 22.214383] eth0: no link during initialization. Jan 11 14:20:57 coyote kernel: [ 23.784997] eth0: link up. But it wasn't. ifconfig said it was, but no pings worked. So I fixed the ifcfg-eth1 script to run, rebooted, enabling the other port in the bios as I did so, and here I am. The one thing I haven't done is a full powerdown, which is next. And I have now done that full powerdown reset, but the eth0 port is still dark and powerless. And this is all that showed up in dmesg's output when I moved the cable back for a few seconds: [ 135.940984] eth1: link down. [ 145.266298] eth1: link up. No note that a cable had been plugged into eth0. But it was. This could be a 'co-inky dance', but my almost 60 years in electronics troubleshooting says there is a connection. I sure won't reboot to 2.6.29-rc1 again until I have a replacement motherboard sitting next to me, I don't want to wreck the last port cuz I have no slots left to stick a nic in this one. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) I surely do hope that's a syntax error. -- Larry Wall in <199710011752.KAA21624@wall.org> -- 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/