Bug#466933: Debian-arm: kernel BUG at fs/inode.c:250!

[u7l11ey@mail.lrz-muenchen.de]

Hi Martin,

thank you very much for looking into my problem.

> Could you try to upgrade to the 2.6.24 kernel from sid?  Basically, I
> recommend you first make a backup of your flash content so you can go
> back to your current kernel in case the upgrade to 2.6.24 fails.  Do:
>   cat /dev/mtdblock? > backup
> and save the file somewhere.
>
> Then upgrade to 2.6.24:
>   wget
> http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-image-2.6.22-3-ixp4xx_2.6.22-6_arm.deb
>   sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.22-3-ixp4xx_2.6.22-6_arm.deb
>   reboot

I'll be happy to try that, but since I am not familiar with Debian, could
you please answer a few questions beforehand:

1) Does the kernel you recommend contain all the necessary hardware
drivers/microcode for the NSLU2? I remember there being a problem with the
current etch distribution requiring to use an "unofficial" image
containing proprietary Intel microcode.

2) Could there be problems with upgrading packages in my etch-based system
via apt when I have such a mixed installation?

3) How do I reverse the upgrade, i.e. install the backup of the flash
content in case there are problems?

Regards, Richard Spitz