Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.6.27-rc5-mm1 | From | "Michael Chan" <> | Date | Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:00:58 -0700 |
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On Mon, 2008-09-15 at 15:01 -0700, Rik van Riel wrote: > On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 22:40:04 -0700 > Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.27-rc5/2.6.27-rc5-mm1/ > > The bnx2 driver has stopped working on 2.6.27-rc5-mm1. > > Plain 2.6.27-rc5 works. Reversing the bnx2 changes in -mm1 does not > fix the issue, so something less obvious is going on. > > # ifup eth0 > Determining IP information for eth0...SIOCSIFFLAGS: Invalid argument > SIOCSIFFLAGS: Invalid argument > SIOCSIFFLAGS: Invalid argument > # ifconfig eth0 up > SIOCSIFFLAGS: Invalid argument > > Bringing up the interface fails with -EINVAL. Specifically, the > SIOCSIFFLAGS ioctl is returning -EINVAL: > > ioctl(4, SIOCSIFFLAGS, 0x7fffc841cc40) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument) > > I am running an x86-64 kernel on a Dell pe1950 with these network chips > on the mainboard: > > 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 12) > 09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 12) >
Does dmesg show anything when you run ifup?
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