I am unable to get networking to work with 2.6.18-mm1 on my system.
But 2.6.18 kernel on same system works fine. Here is some info about
the system/debug attempts. Attached are the lspci output and config.
Appreciate any help. Please let me know if you need more info.
Suka
System info:
x326, 2 CPU (AMD Opteron Processor 250)
Kernel info:
$ uname -a
Linux elm3b166 2.6.18-mm1 #4 SMP PREEMPT Tue Sep 26 18:11:58 PDT 2006
x86_64 GNU/Linux
Config tokens differing between the 2.6.18 kernel that works and
the 2.6.18-mm1 that does not are:
Tokens in 2.6.18 but not in 2.6.18-mm1 config
CONFIG_SCSI_FC_ATTRS=y
CONFIG_SCSI_SATA_SIL=y
CONFIG_SCSI_SATA=y
Tokens in 2.6.18-mm1 but not in 2.6.18 config
CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_SATA_SIL=y CONFIG_ATA=y CONFIG_ARCH_POPULATES_NODE_MAP=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_ALGAPI=y
CONFIG_MICROCODE_OLD_INTERFACE=y
CONFIG_BLOCK=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L1_COMPAT=y
CONFIG_ZONE_DMA=y
CONFIG_FB_DDC=y
All drivers compiled into kernel in both cases.
Debug info:
Checked hardware connections :-) (Rebooting on 2.6.18 kernel works - consistently)
$ ethtool -i eth0
driver: e1000
version: 7.2.7-k2
firmware-version: N/A
$ ip addr
seems fine (up, broadcasting etc)
$ ip -s link
shows no errors/drops/overruns
$ ip route
shows the correct gw
$ ethtool -S eth0
shows non-zero tx/rx packets/bytes but *rx_missed_errors*
quite large (~138K) and increasing over time
$ ping <own-ip-addr>
works fine
$ ping <gateway>
no response.
$ tcpdump -i eth0 host <broken-host>
while pinging gateway, tcpdump shows messages like:
18:03:45.936161 arp who-has <gateway> tell <broken-host>
(Config file and lspci output are attached)