Re: 2.5.70-bk+ broken networking

Andrew Morton [off-list ref] wrote:

Stephen Hemminger wrote:

quoted

Test machine running 2.5.70-bk latest can't boot because eth2 won't
come up.  The same machine and configuration successfully brings up
all the devices and runs on 2.5.70.

kjournald is stuck waiting for IO to complete against some buffer
during transaction commit.

I'd be suspecting block layer or device drivers.  What device driver
is handling your /var/log?

I take that back.

Your sysrq-T woke up syslogd which did a synchronous write which poked
kjournald.  You happened to catch it in mid-commit.  So that's all normal
and sane.

Something is up with netdevice initialisation.  My eth0 (e100) is in a
strange half-there state and won't come up.  Reverting the post-2.5.70 e100
changes does not help.  It's something which went into the tree today I
think.