Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 16503] New: Upgrade to 2.6.34.2 breaks ethernet network

From: Andrew Morton <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 13:27:40 -0700

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On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 20:14:34 GMT
[email-masked] wrote:

> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16503
> 
>            Summary: Upgrade to 2.6.34.2 breaks ethernet network
>            Product: Networking
>            Version: 2.5
>           Platform: All
>         OS/Version: Linux
>               Tree: Mainline
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P1
>          Component: Other
>         AssignedTo: [email-masked]
>         ReportedBy: [email-masked]
>         Regression: No
> 
> 
> Using Arch Linux with fully up-to-date system.
> 
> Upgrading kernel from 2.6.34.1 to 2.6.34.2 breaks my ethernet connection.  I
> get dhcp timeouts but no errors in the logs regarding the kernel or the card.
> 
> Dell Inspiron 1720.
> 
> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev
> 02)
> 
> Downgrading the kernel fixes the issue.
> 

There are no changes to b44.c in patch-2.6.34.2.  Perhaps you could
generate the dmesg logs for 2.6.34.1 and 2.6.34.2 and run `diff -u'
against them, see if anything interesting pops out?