Bug#439012: d-i: network not recognized on Sun nextra x1 / v100 + oops while unloading the wrong module

[Bernd Zeimetz <bernd@bzed.de>]

Joey Hess wrote:
> Bernd Zeimetz wrote:
>   
>> On Sun v100 and Nextra X1 machines d-i loads the dmfe module first,
>> which seems to support the ethnernet controller, but in fact it does
>> not, only tulip does. Unfortunately a modprobe -r dmfe results in an
>> oops (if the interface is up, it works if you remove the module before
>> bringing the interface up):
>>     
>
> Have you filed a bug on the kernel for the obvious kernel bug here?
> (It's much better for people with the hardware to file the kernel bugs.)
>   
not yet, I'll do so later. I wanted to have the machine running first,
which failed pretty much due to a broken hdd.
> What version of the installer is this? Sarge? Etch? Lenny daily build?
>   
Etch installer, booted via tftp. If there were any changes regarding
this in the daily Lenny build, please let me now - I have enough
machines to give it a try.
> d-i allows you to blacklist broken modules to prevent udev from loading
> them. You can do so by passing dmfe.blacklist=1 on the kernel command
> line when booting the installer.
>
>   

Thanks for the hint, I'll give this a try later.

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Bernd Zeimetz
<bernd@bzed.de>                         <http://bzed.de/>