Bug#295245: kernel-source-2.6.10: VIA Rhine driver leaves i/f in state which prevents re-boot
Package: kernel-source-2.6.10
Severity: normal
I use a number of Mini-ITX systems as diskless workstations. These boot
over Ethernet using PXELINUX. They work fine with kernel 2.6.8 but as
soon as I upgraded one to 2.6.10 I found I couldn't reboot it without
turning the power right off. You actually have to disconnect the power
lead - it's not enough for the board just to go to its power-off state.
What happens when you switch on is the BIOS doesn't seem to be able
to make head or tail of the state of the ethernet interface and exits
without attempting to boot. This happens 100% of the time if the
previous boot used a 2.6.10 kernel. It doesn't happen if the previous
kernel used was 2.6.8 or earlier.
I note that the VIA-Rhine driver has had a "Massive clean-up" between
kernels 2.6.8 and 2.6.10. Possibly too massive?
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-stb4
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
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