Bug#510815: 2.6.26.11 oops on adding via-velocity NIC to bridge

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

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On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 02:08:33AM +0100, Christoph Fritsche wrote:
> Package: kernel
> Version: 2.6.26-12
> Tags: lenny
> 
> I am facing repeatable kernel oopses when adding a via-velocity driven NIC
> to a bridge. The conditions are:
> 
> * bridge set up automatically by means of /etc/network/interfaces.
> ---8<---
> auto br0
> iface br0 inet dhcp
>   bridge_ports eth0 eth1
>   bridge_fd 4
>   bridge_hello 1
>   bridge_stp on
> --->8---
> * eth0 is VT6120/VT6121/VT6122 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (via-velocity)
> * as soon as eth0 is enslaved the kernel oops
> * the same issue occurs when setting up the bridge manually
> 
> I am using a custom kernel to circumvent bug #508527 (BTS Bug ID). The
> via-velocity driver was diffed and patched against the current git 
> version of via-velocity.*
> 
> The kernel config is stock lenny.

Hi,
Sorry for the late followup, we're working through a largish backlog.

The next release of Debian (6.0, code name Squeeze) will be based
on 2.6.32. Please test the current 2.6.32 from unstable/testing and tell
us whether the problem persists. If so, we should report it upstream
to the kernel.org developers.

The 2.6.32 kernel is available from packages.debian.org and can
be installed in both Debian stable, testing and unstable
installations.

Thanks,
        Moritz