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Bug#295245: marked as done (kernel-source-2.6.10: VIA Rhine driver leaves i/f in state which prevents re-boot)

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and subject line No response to ping, closing
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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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Hi,
Since the original bug is reported against the 2.6.10 kernel which is not in Debian anymore, and no new information is available, I'll go ahead and close this bug. Please feel free to reopen it at any time with updated info if the problem still persists. 

Thanks,

Jurij Smakov                                        jurij@wooyd.org
Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/                   KeyID: C99E03CC

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