Bug#311758: kernel-image-2.6.11-1-686-smp: network interfaces down => machine needs hard reboot

[Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>]

On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 11:05:10PM +0100, David Schmitt <david@schmitt.edv-bus.at> wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Could you please retest with a current kernel (testing:2.6.12, 
> unstable:2.6.14)?

I can, would like to avoid it, though, because I cna only test this on
production machines.

Is there an indication that this bug has been fixed? I described the
actual reason for the problem in a bug report against a newer kernel,
and I know it happens on these (older) debian kernels (dpkg cuts version
numbers in output and I was too lame to find a workaround quickly):

   2.6.13-1-amd64-k8
   2.6.14-1-686-smp

(See also bug reports #323860 and 338973, which should be enough to fix
the bug, and refer to the same problem).

So unless something changes in later revisions of those packages, the bug
is well there.

I think the bug should be trivial to fix as its pretty clear now what
causes it (referrnces from the arp cache).

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