Re: linux-arm-2.5.59 problem connecting from win 98

From: Russell King
Date: Wed Aug 27 2003 - 03:23:59 EST


On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 03:26:11PM -0600, Marcus Hall wrote:
> Things work just fine with http/ftp/telnet from a linux box, but if I
> try to connect from a win 98 system, linux panics (don't really blame
> it..) with the error message 'kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:323',
> which appears to say that an skbuff is being freed while still on a
> list.

Please supply the full backtrace - it may be a driver doing something it
shouldn't.

> I don't believe that there are any changes in the core networking in
> the arm/xscale patches applied to the base 2.5.59 kernel, just some
> tweaking of the smc9194 and cs89x0 modules. It seems unlikely that this
> problem would exist in the "official" kernel for long, but it also seems
> unlikely to be particular to the arm either... Is it a known bug
> (hopefully with a patch somewhere)?

The best I can advise is to upgrade to something more recent (eg, a
2.6.0-test kernel.)

--
Russell King (rmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) The developer of ARM Linux
http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html

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