Re: Problems loading the hisax isdn driver on Debian 2.2r3
On Sun, 29 Jul 2001, Helen McCall <helen@dinoflagellate.demon.co.uk> wrote:
[...]
>I then rebooted 2.2.19pre17 on the machine with the ISA card properly
>configured under 2.2.17, and got a kernel crash:
>
>Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 81009f8c
>
>And other such paging errors bringing the kernel tracing into play.
>
>There seems to be something inherantly broken about the
>kernel-image-2.2.19pre17 and kernel-image-2.2.19 on Debian 2.2r3
I can't comment on the kernel-image-* packages as I've never used
kernel images for anything but the basic install. I have been
succesfully running various kernel releases from 2.2.9 through 2.2.19
with my ISDN card (switched to DSL now, but it's still working), all
built from kernel-source-* debs. ISDN support was flaky very early in
the 2.2.x cycle, but that's not a Debian issue.
>> Can't help with the certificate, although I'm getting the same message
>> with kernel 2.2.19 and an Elsa card. I believe that this is a legal
>> issue, though, and that it won't affect the driver's functionality.
>
>I think this is again something to do with the broken nature of the kernel
>in Debian 2.2r3. I have got the Debian source for 2.2.19, and also the
>source from the kernel project, and I will compare them next week if I can
>find the time to compare and compile both sources. This has been the first
>time in many years of using Debian that I have found a fundamental
>instability in a "stable" release.
I recommend building 2.2.19 from a kernel-source-* deb, that works
fine for me.
[...]
>For the time being I have got the ISDN firewall router running properly on
>kernel 2.2.17 which I know from past experience is a very stable kernel.
>I am also quickly changing the default kernel on this workstation to use
>2.2.17 until I can figure out what is wrong with 2.2.19 and 2.2.19pre17.
>
>Now of course I am going to have to learn how to submit a Debian bug
>report, because this is the first time I have needed to, and I have been
>using Debian since version 1 (I was using Slackware before that).
It's straightforward, just see http://www.debian.org/Bugs/ and follow
the instructions.
>I might try 2.4.7 on the workstation, and leave 2.2.17 on the firewall
>router. I don't want 2.4.x on the firewall because I have a good set of
>ipchains definitions for that machine, and I don't want to mess around
>converting it all to iptables until I have some free time to learn the new
>system.
The late 2.2.x kernels have been very stable for me. I'd recommend
sticking with that and give 2.4.x some more time.
--
Philipp Lehman <lehman@gmx.net>
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