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Bug#585770: a collection of NULL pointer dereference [ipv6 and vlans?]



On Sun, 2010-06-13 at 20:45 +0200, Peter Palfrader wrote:
> Package: linux-2.6
> Version: 2.6.32-15
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hi,
> 
> cimarosa.d.o runs linux-image-2.6.32-bpo.3-amd64 (from 2.6.32-9) just
> fine.
> 
> However, it does not boot with linux-image-2.6.32-bpo.5-amd64
> (2.6.32-15):
> 
> During boot up, when init brings up the network we get various different
> kernel NULL pointer dereferences.  Cimarosa has a lo, an eth0 and an
> eth0.221 vlan device.  If the eth0.221 is not configured to be brought
> up on boot then the system boots correctly, and bringing up the
> interface later also appears to work without any ill effects.  So
> there might be some racy thing going on.
> 
> It'd be pretty sweet if cimarosa could be made to work with a recent
> debian kernel.
[...]

Could you try reverting the patch
bugfix/all/vlan-macvlan-propagate-transmission-state-to-upper-layer.patch ?

Instructions for rebuilding the official kernel packages are at
<http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html#s-common-official>.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.

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