Re: PROBLEM: oops in 2.6.21.1 after bringing up the network

[Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com>]

Manuel Metz wrote:
> Brett Ryland wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I am consistently getting a kernel oops from a vanilla 2.6.21.1 kernel. It 
>> also occurs in vanilla 2.6.21, but not in 2.6.20.8. The relevant section of 
>> the kernel is networking, in particular the sis900 module (I think).
>> The attached file contains the oops and the information asked for on the site 
>> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/lkml/reporting-bugs.html for reporting 
>> kernel oopses. The oops fully crashes my computer and leaves the capslock and 
>> numlock leds flashing, so the oops is transcribed by hand from a photo 
>> (hopefully I haven't made a mistake, I do still have the photo if it's 
>> needed).
>>
>> I'm not subscribed to the mailing list so please CC any questions/solutions to 
>> me.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Nappers.
> 
> Hi, I have the same problem here on an ASUS laptop with sis network
> card. The system worked fine with kernel 2.6.21-rc7-mm2 and 2.6.20.7,
> but crashes with 2.6.21.1.
> 

Fixed by this:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=dc5a144991ba803bc8afded105c9db1dea0e57ab

Look here before reporting bugs to linux-kernel:
http://kernelnewbies.org/known_regressions
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