Bug#363490: module sk98lin cannot be assigned to eth0

[Georg Colle <georg@colle-online.de>]

Am Samstag, 22. April 2006 02:07 schrieb Frans Pop:
> reassign 363490 linux-2.6
> retitle 363490 [amd64] module sk98lin cannot be assigned to eth0
> thanks
>
> On Wednesday 19 April 2006 14:49, Georg Colle wrote:
> > Comments/Problems:
> > The module sk98lin needed by the network HW was not loaded
> > automatically. Choosing it from the list that showed after the
> > automatic loading failure had no effect.
> > Changing to the VT2, inserting ist manally by "modprobe sk98lin" and
> > inspecting the list put out by lsmod showed that ist was loaded.
> > But in /proc/net/sk98lin/ there was not the expected Document "eth0" -
> > there was nothing at all.
> > I guess that the driver module could not be assigned correctly to the
> > lan interface.
>
> I have no idea what this issue is about, but it looks like a kernel issue.
> I hope the kernel package maintainers can help you out.
>
> > As I found out trying to install the i386 daily-build-image (loaded
> > down on April 17 at 10:11pm), there is a working sk98lin module loading
> > automatically.
> > Perhaps it is worth while taking its source code and compiling it in an
> > amd64 environment?
>
> Not really as amd64 and i386 kernels are compiled from the same source.
>
> Can you please provide the output of 'cat /proc/version/' after booting
> the installer and switching to VT2? If possible both for the i386
> installation CD and the amd64 one.

Here we go

{1} cat /proc/version (i386; sk98lin working)
Linux version 2.6.16-1-486 (Debian 2.6.16-4) (waldi@debian.org) (gcc version 
4.0.3 (Debian 4.0.3-1)) #1 Tue Mar 28 15:35:19 UTC 2006

{2} cat /proc/version (i386 after installation & reboot; sk98lin no longer 
working)
Linux version 2.6.15-1-686 (Debian 2.6.15-8) (waldi@debian.org) (gcc version 
4.0.3 20060212 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0.2-9)) #2 Mon Mar 6 15:27:08 UTC 2006

{3} cat /proc/version (amd64; sk98lin not working)
Linux version 2.6.15-1-amd64-generic (Debian 2.6.15-7) (waldi@debian.org) (gcc 
version 4.0.3 20060212 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0.2-9)) #2 Thu Feb 23 04:51:53 
UTC 2006

Changing to kernel version 2.6.16 could do.

Greetings Georg.