Created attachment 520280 [details] dmesg I first noticed this problem booting a current minimal installcd for amd64, but I can also reproduce it with a fresh "genkernel all" run on a real install. tg3 is in modules_load so it gets bundled into, and loaded by, initramfs. But it is missing phy drivers so the interface doesn't come up properly. After boot, I can "rmmod tg3 && modprobe tg3" and the interface shows up. If I check lsmod, 2 new modules have been loaded, "broadcom" and "bcm_phy_lib" have shown up. I think we either need to remove tg3 from modules_load or add these extra 2 modules with it. I've attached dmesg output, the tg3 load at 7.4 seconds is when gk initramfs loads it and you see a phy problem. At 53390 seconds you can see where I unload/reload it and it starts working.
On a related note, I think there are several other NIC drivers which are in this module_load list which will be broken out of the box. There are sooo many NIC drivers, I wonder if we should even be bundling these few by default. Someone who needs netboot can add the modules they need with AMODULES_NET=
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/genkernel.git/commit/?id=c87225e71ddf4306f842107fd57bdefa5acc335b commit c87225e71ddf4306f842107fd57bdefa5acc335b Author: Ben Kohler <bkohler@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2019-03-07 21:10:41 +0000 Commit: Ben Kohler <bkohler@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2019-03-07 21:10:41 +0000 modules_load: add broadcom phy drivers Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/648288 Signed-off-by: Ben Kohler <bkohler@gentoo.org> arch/alpha/modules_load | 2 +- arch/arm/modules_load | 2 +- arch/ia64/modules_load | 2 +- arch/mips/modules_load | 2 +- arch/parisc/modules_load | 2 +- arch/parisc64/modules_load | 2 +- arch/ppc/modules_load | 2 +- arch/ppc64/modules_load | 2 +- arch/ppc64le/modules_load | 2 +- arch/s390/modules_load | 2 +- arch/sparc/modules_load | 2 +- arch/sparc64/modules_load | 2 +- arch/um/modules_load | 2 +- arch/x86/modules_load | 2 +- arch/x86_64/modules_load | 2 +- 15 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
