I have installed the new mm-sources release (2.6.0-test5-mm3) on a laptop which have a network card of type via-rhine. The loading of the module is ok (no problem). When i do this command: ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 (whatever the address) the system freeze immediatly ! Details: this kernel is compiled with gcc-3.3.1-r1 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. modprobe via-rhine --> ok 2. ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 --> system frozen 3. Actual Results: The system is frozen and i must poweroff the computer. Expected Results: the interface eth0 would have its IP address set. Portage 2.0.49-r4 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.1, glibc-2.3.2-r1, 2.6.0-test5-mm3) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.0-test5-mm3 i686 mobile AMD Duron(tm) Processor distcc 2.10 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] ccache version 2.2 [enabled] ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/share/config /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/home/portage/tree/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs sandbox userpriv usersandbox fixpackages distcc ccache" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/linux/gentoo ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/linux/Gentoo http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/home/portage/tree/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/home/portage/tmp" PORTDIR="/home/portage/tree" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/home/portage/overlay" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 oss avi crypt cups encode foomaticdb gif jpeg kde libg++ mad mikmod mmx mpeg ncurses nls pdflib png quicktime spell truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib directfb gtkhtml alsa gdbm berkdb slang readline tetex aalib bonobo svga tcltk java mysql X sdl gpm tcpd pam libwww ssl perl python esd imlib oggvorbis gnome gtk qt motif opengl mozilla ldap snmp scanner acl acpi acpi4linux apache2 artswrappersuid cjk dga dvd ethereal fbcon gd gtk2 innodb ipv6 jack junit maildir mpi mule nptl oav pcmcia pda pic plotutils pnp samba tiff usb vim-with-x wmf xfs xinerama -apm -arts"
Can you tell us more about what nic you have? What about previous versions of the kernel that have worked?
This looks like an upstream problem. Try development-sources instead. If this worked on previous mm-sources, for example, e.g the release before this, I think posting to LKML might be a good idea. Please inform us of any kernels you've tried already.
Reporter has reported that he experiences this bug on all 2.6x kernels. Sadly, we have to close this bug as INVALID as this is an upstream problem. Please contact the LKML [www.lkml.org]
