Bug#453747: linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64: inconsistent RPC record marking prevents nfsroot from Solaris NFS server
On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 12:18:04AM +0200, Hristo Iliev wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64
> Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4
> Severity: normal
>
> *** Please type your report below this line ***
> While trying to network boot Debian 2.6.18-5-amd64 kernel and mounting
> root from an OpenSolaris NFS server boot process hangs like that:
> ...
> Begin: Running /scripts/nfs-premount ...
> Done.
> <hangs here>
>
> Looking at the network stream with tshark reveals that the RPC request
> to server's portmapper is malformed: RPC fragment header states
> incorrect fragment size - 4 bytes more. The malformed request never
> gets answered by Sun's rpcbind and thus boot process halts.
>
> The RPC request sent looks like this (Ethernet addresses masked out):
> 0000 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 08 00 45 00 ************..E.
> 0010 00 70 9d a5 40 00 40 06 85 dc 0a 01 01 0b 0a 01 .p..@.@.........
> 0020 01 fa ad e2 00 6f 5e 6b 77 02 e2 5b 3d 3d 80 18 .....o^kw..[==..
> 0030 00 2e db ed 00 00 01 01 08 0a ff fe ea a4 20 87 .............. .
> 0040 d1 46 80 00 00 3c ff e1 76 18 00 00 00 00 00 00 .F...<..v.......
> ^^^^^^^^^^^
> 0050 00 02 00 01 86 a0 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 03 00 00 ................
> 0060 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 ................
> 0070 86 a3 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 f1 af ................
> 0080 86 4e
>
> The last four bytes (0xf1af864e) are Ethernet trailer and are NOT part
> of the TCP payload.
Sorry for the late response. Did you upgrade to Lenny in the mean time?
If so, does the error still occur?
Cheers,
Moritz
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