[2.6.0-test-9] natsemi oops

["David Liontooth" <liontooth@post.com>]

The natsemi oops is triggered in 2.6.0-test9 too. 

kernel BUG at include/linux/module.h:296

Everything freezes. 

Am I the only one to get this? 

I don't know when it started, but 2.5.69 has no problems.

Cheers,
David


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Liontooth" <liontooth@post.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 21:05:13 -0500
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6.0-test-7] natsemi oops

> 
> Correction: I get the oops also when natsemi is compiled as a module. 
> It is triggered not when the module is loaded, but when it is used 
> the first time. Oops (some fragments below) followed by a total freeze;
> nothing gets logged.
> 
> Is this a known problem? 
> 
> Is there a workaround?
> 
> Cheers,
> David
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Liontooth
> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 05:24:52 -0500
> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: [2.6.0-test-7] natsemi oops
> 
> > 
> > The 2.6.0-test-7 boots fine and works great -- until I plug
> > in the ethernet cable. Within a second I get an oops and
> > everything freezes. Booting with "acpi=off" makes no difference.
> > If I boot with the ethernet cable plugged in, I get to the 
> > login prompt, and it oopses within a second. If I time it right,
> > I can log into the machine remotely for one second before it 
> > oopses (so the natsemi driver is working). Very reproducible! 
> > /proc/kmsg is empty. 
> > 
> > If I compile natsemi as a module, I don't get the oops. 
> > However, now the driver is not working -- I can't ping out.
> > Everything works fine in 2.5.69, which I've been running
> > since early July.
> > 
> > Here's some of the oops, taken by hand:
> > 
> > Process swapper (pid: 0, threadinfo=c042a000 task c03a47a0)
> > 
> > Stack
> > 
> > Call trace:
> > 
> > ipxitf_auto_create
> > ipx_rcv
> > netif_receive_skb
> > process_backlog
> > net_rx_action
> > do_softirq
> > do_IRQ
> > _stext
> > common_interrupt
> > acpi_processor_idle
> > cpu_idle
> > start_kernel
> > unknown_bootoption
> > 
> > Kernel panic: Fatal exception in interrupt
> > In interrupt handler -- not syncing
> > 
> > Configuration, lspci, and dmesg attached.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > David
> > 
> > 
> > 
> << config-2.6.0-test7-3 >>
> << dmesg-2.6.0-test7-7 >>
> << lspci-2.6.0-test7 >>
> 
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