Bug#671895: [sparc] Kernel NULL pointer dereference in sungem/gem_poll() (Re: updates)

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi Gustavo,

gustavo panizzo wrote:

> i can get the nic to work using latest linus tree
> + ancient gentoo userland (udev 124), but is running at 10Mb/s half duplex  
>
> 3.4.0-rc6+
> Settings for eth0:
>         Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
>         Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 
>                                 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 
[...]
>         Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
>         Speed: 10Mb/s
>         Duplex: Half
[...]
>         Auto-negotiation: off
[...]
> while 2.6.28 runs at 100Mb/s full duplex
>
> Settings for eth0:
>         Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
>         Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 
>                                 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 
[...]
>         Advertised auto-negotiation: No
>         Speed: 100Mb/s
>         Duplex: Full
[...]
>         Auto-negotiation: on
[...]
> i will try latter with kernel from d-i or testing, but i think this
> sould go upstream

Interesting.  How does a 3.2.y kernel behave with the ancient gentoo
userland?  (Perhaps this is what you are planning to try later.)