Bug#389717: Package: installation-reports

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 01:30:00PM +0200, arnaud fevrier wrote:
> Package: installation-reports
> 
> Boot method:  network
> Image version: wget http://people.debian.org/~stappers/d-i/images/daily/sparc64/netboot/2.6/boot.img
>  27 September 2006, Around 12:00 CET
> Date: 27 September 2006, Around 13:00 CET
> 
> Machine: Sun Netra X1
> Processor:TI UltraSparc IIe (Hummingbird)
> Memory:MemTotal:      1034656 kB
> Partitions: No disk at that time
> 
> Output of lspci and lspci -n:~ # lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Ultra IIe
> 00:03.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Con]
> 00:05.0 Ethernet controller: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. 21x4x DEC-Tulip compat)
> 00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533/M1535 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV/V]
> 00:0a.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03)
> 00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. 21x4x DEC-Tulip compat)
> 00:0d.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c3)
> 
> 
> ~ # lspci -n
> 00:00.0 0600: 108e:a001
> 00:03.0 0000: 10b9:7101
> 00:05.0 0200: 1282:9102 (rev 31)
> 00:07.0 0601: 10b9:1533
> 00:0a.0 0c03: 10b9:5237 (rev 03)
> 00:0c.0 0200: 1282:9102 (rev 31)
> 00:0d.0 0101: 10b9:5229 (rev c3)
> 
> Base System Installation Checklist:
> [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
> 
> Initial boot worked:    [OK ]
> Configure network HW:   [E ]
> Config network:         [E ]
> Detect CD:              [ ]
> Load installer modules: [ ]
> Detect hard drives:     [ ]
> Partition hard drives:  [ ]
> Create file systems:    [ ]
> Mount partitions:       [ ]
> Install base system:    [ ]
> Install boot loader:    [ ]
> Reboot:                 [ ]
> 
> Comments/Problems:
> 
> <Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments
>       and ideas you had during the initial install.>
> 
> The dhcp configuration failed. Since I used the network install, I got
> the initial image by tftp . Then, after selecting the network
> interface, the hardware address went to 00:00:00:00:00:00
> 
> ~ # ifconfig eth0
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00  
>           BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
>           RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
>           Interrupt:192 Base address:0x100 
> 
> dmesg complained a lot about :
> 
> eth0: Tx timeout - resetting
> SABRE0: PCI SERR signal asserted.
> SABRE0: PCI bus error, PCI_STATUS[caa0]
> eth0: Tx timeout - resetting
> SABRE0: PCI SERR signal asserted.
> SABRE0: PCI bus error, PCI_STATUS[caa0]
> eth0: Tx timeout - resetting
> SABRE0: PCI SERR signal asserted.
> SABRE0: PCI bus error, PCI_STATUS[caa0]
> SABRE0: PCI SERR signal asserted.
> SABRE0: PCI bus error, PCI_STATUS[caa0]
> 
> After a reboot, the harware address went back to normal getting the
> initial image then going blank again when running dhcp...
> 
> tcpdump showed no packet during dhcp try.

Does this error still occur with more recent kernel versions?

Cheers,
        Moritz