Bug#542358: linux-image-2.6.30-1-686: "e100" module refuses to load

[Jan Prunk <janprunk@gmail.com>]

Thank you for your suggestion, this indeed fixes this bug report !

Kind regards,
Jan

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 4:40 PM, dann frazier<dannf@debian.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:28:44AM +0200, Jan Prunk wrote:
>> Package: linux-image-2.6.30-1-686
>> Version: 2.6.30-5
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> Hello !
>>
>> I have recently upgraded the kernel to 2.6.30 (squeeze) from a running 2.6.26.
>> During the upgrade I got this error:
>>
>> Setting up linux-image-2.6.30-1-686 (2.6.30-5) ...
>> Running depmod.
>> Running update-initramfs.
>> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-686
>> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/e100/d102e_ucode.bin for module e100
>> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/e100/d101s_ucode.bin for module e100
>> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/e100/d101m_ucode.bin for module e100
>
> You probably need to install the firmware-linux package from non-free.
> Please let us know if this fixes the issue for you.
>
>> Running update-grub.
>>
>> In 2.6.26 kernel the dmesg will tell me:
>> [   10.884256] e100: eth0: e100_watchdog: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex
>> [   10.888710] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
>> Which enables the "e100" module to be working.
>>
>> However in 2.6.30 I cannot connect anymore to the machine over the internet, I assume
>> that it is becouse of this ethernet module which I am using. The machine seems to boot
>> into 2.6.30 and then it hangs there. I cannot investigate any further, becouse of the
>> remote access.
>
>
> --
> dann frazier
>
>



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