From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263084AbTEBVJ1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2003 17:09:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263124AbTEBVJ1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2003 17:09:27 -0400 Received: from mailrelay2.lanl.gov ([128.165.4.103]:11491 "EHLO mailrelay2.lanl.gov") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263084AbTEBVJ0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2003 17:09:26 -0400 Subject: Re: 2.5.68-mm4 From: Steven Cole To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org In-Reply-To: <20030502140508.02d13449.akpm@digeo.com> References: <20030502020149.1ec3e54f.akpm@digeo.com> <1051905879.2166.34.camel@spc9.esa.lanl.gov> <20030502133405.57207c48.akpm@digeo.com> <1051908541.2166.40.camel@spc9.esa.lanl.gov> <20030502140508.02d13449.akpm@digeo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1051910420.2166.55.camel@spc9.esa.lanl.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4-1.1mdk Date: 02 May 2003 15:20:20 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2003-05-02 at 15:05, Andrew Morton wrote: > Steven Cole wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2003-05-02 at 14:34, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > Steven Cole wrote: > > > > > > > > For what it's worth, kexec has worked for me on the following > > > > two systems. > > > > ... > > > > 00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08) > > > > > > Are you using eepro100 or e100? I found that e100 failed to bring up the > > > interface on restart ("failed selftest"), but eepro100 was OK. > > > > CONFIG_EEPRO100=y > > # CONFIG_EEPRO100_PIO is not set > > # CONFIG_E100 is not set > > > > I can test E100 again to verify if that would help. > > May as well. > > There's something in the driver shutdown which is failing to bring the > device into a state in which the driver startup can start it up. Probably > just a missing device reset. I'll bug Scott about it if we get that far. > Here is a snippet from dmesg output for a successful kexec e100 boot: Intel(R) PRO/100 Network Driver - version 2.2.21-k1 Copyright (c) 2003 Intel Corporation e100: selftest OK. Freeing alive device c1b23000, eth%d e100: eth0: Intel(R) PRO/100 Network Connection Hardware receive checksums enabled cpu cycle saver enabled I booted the e100 2.5.68-mm4 kernel twice with kexec, initially from the eepro100 version, and once from the e100 version. Both worked OK. Steven