Bug#446202: linux-image-2.6.22-2-k7: dmfe driver stopped working correctly in kernel 2.6.22

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 07:56:01AM +0200, Alessandro Polverini wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.22-2-k7
> Severity: important
> 
> When booting kernel 2.6.22 network goes up but the server is unable to make it
> work correctly: even a simple ping does not respond.
> ARP cache table is correctly populated tough.
> 
> Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: 2.6.21.
> 
> lspci output:
> 02:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. 21x4x DEC-Tulip
> compatible 10/100 Ethernet (rev 40)
>         Subsystem: Unknown device 3030:5032
>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 225
>         I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
>         Memory at feafbc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
>         Expansion ROM at bfe00000 [disabled] [size=256K]
>         Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
> 
> This bug has been reported to upstream as #9094

The upstream bug report indicates that this bug was triggered by a compiler
bug, which has now been fixed in the mean time. Can you confirm?

Cheers,
        Moritz