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Bug#454618: [sparc] netra x1 - flapping interfaces / not installable



Package: debian-installer
Version: snapshot-20071127

Hi,
i just tried installing Debian/Etch on an Sun Netra X1 and it failed. I
retried with a current snapshot from here:

	http://people.debian.org/~stappers/d-i/images/20071127-12:10/netboot/boot.img

and it fails the same way. When gettint to the network configuration
both ethernets immediatly start flapping and DHCP does not succeed.

	Dec  6 17:24:17.459 MEZ: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0/3, changed state to down
	Dec  6 17:24:21.060 MEZ: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0/3, changed state to up
	Dec  6 17:24:23.460 MEZ: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0/3, changed state to down
	Dec  6 17:24:27.060 MEZ: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0/3, changed state to up
	Dec  6 17:24:29.460 MEZ: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0/3, changed state to down
	Dec  6 17:24:33.060 MEZ: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0/3, changed state to up
	Dec  6 17:24:35.460 MEZ: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0/3, changed state to down
	Dec  6 17:24:41.260 MEZ: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0/3, changed state to up

This seems to be caused by the driver unable to assign a MAC Address:

	eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00  
		  BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
		  RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
		  TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
		  collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
		  RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
		  Interrupt:9 

	eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00  
		  BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
		  RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
		  TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
		  collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
		  RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
		  Interrupt:10 Base address:0x100 

This is the very same problem as #360699 reported which was closed.

Unloading dmfe.ko and loading tulip.ko (and removing dmfe.ko to 
dismiss further loading) helps ...

00:05.0 Ethernet controller: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. 21x4x DEC-Tulip compatible 10/100 Ethernet (rev 31)
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr+ Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort+ <MAbort- >SERR+ <PERR+
        Latency: 0 (5000ns min, 10000ns max)
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
        Region 0: I/O ports at 1fe02010100 [size=256]
        Region 1: Memory at 1ff00002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
        Expansion ROM at 1ff00080000 [disabled] [size=256K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=220mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. 21x4x DEC-Tulip compatible 10/100 Ethernet (rev 31)
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr+ Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort+ <MAbort- >SERR+ <PERR+
        Latency: 0 (5000ns min, 10000ns max)
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 9
        Region 0: I/O ports at 1fe02010000 [size=256]
        Region 1: [virtual] Memory at 1ff00000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
        Expansion ROM at 1ff00040000 [disabled] [size=256K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=220mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

At least the kernel does not Oops when unloading the dmfe driver as the 
Etch installer kernel did for me...

Flo
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