Bug 412917

Summary:	=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-? - e1000e driver steals NIS port 623
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo Kernel Bug Wranglers and Kernel Maintainers <kernel>
Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Severity:	normal	CC:	tomwij
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=103401
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Joakim Tjernlund 2012-04-21 13:22:51 UTC

We just got bit by Comment 86, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=103401,
where the e1000e GBE card is stealing all port 623 pkgs

This bug also suggest a solution revolving around a prog called portreserve, see
http://cyberelk.net/tim/software/portreserve/

What does gentoo think about this solution?
Is there a better way already in gentoo?

Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-04-24 14:12:16 UTC

I've never heard of or seen this problem. Have you?

Comment 2 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-04-25 15:43:22 UTC

Looks like a kernel problem.

Comment 3 Mike Pagano gentoo-dev

2012-10-10 12:54:12 UTC

Does this still happen in later kernels?

Comment 4 Joakim Tjernlund 2012-10-10 14:52:41 UTC

Don't know but I think so. It is the e1000e board that steals the packages.

Comment 5 Tom Wijsman (TomWij) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-10-10 16:42:11 UTC

Can you check which kernel versions are you able to reproduce this on?

It would benefit us to check whether this still occurs on the latest stable kernel (currently 3.4.9). Much more important is to check if it still happens on the latest test kernel (currently 3.6.1) if the former doesn't fix it.

You can allow emerge to select the latest test kernel by executing:

`echo sys-kernel/gentoo-sources >> /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords`

The reason to try the most recent development / test kernel is to confirm whether or not this has already fixed or whether this is still present, such that we can draw a conclusion about the bug's state and act based upon that conclusion.

Even though you might think this could be caused by the board it would be nice to investigate whether it can be influenced through the kernel, which is why this could be considered as a kernel problem.

Comment 6 Tom Wijsman (TomWij) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-01-20 18:22:17 UTC

See my previous comment, current stable is gentoo-sources-3.6.11. Might be interesting to test git-sources-3.8_rc3 as well...