Bug#481595: [linux-image-2.6-sparc64] Network interface eth0 could not be brought up

[Mazen Neifer <mazen@freepascal.org>]

Hi,

Le lundi 24 novembre 2008 à 22:53 +0100, Moritz Muehlenhoff a écrit :
> On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 07:34:30PM +0200, Mazen NEIFER wrote:
> > I've tried with 2.6.25-2 and it doesn't work at all. The driver (sunhme)
> > load OK according to dmesg, but ifup eth gives the following error.
> > SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot assign requested address
> > SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot assign requested address
> > Failed to bring up eth0
> 
> Does this error still occur with the current kernel from testing/unstable?

This bug continue to appear with latest kernel on sid. Another thing
that may be interesting and worth to note is that the X server could no
more be launched on this new kernel. So no more ethernet and no more X
server. Is this platform dead?

Cheers,
Mazen,