Re: fedora-netdev.1 IPv6 freeze [Re: [ANNOUNCE] fedora-netdev kernel repository]

[John W. Linville]

On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 12:42:24PM +0100, Thomas Graf wrote:
>  * Pekka Savola <pekkas(a)netcore.fi&gt; 2005-11-16 12:46
>  > On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, John W. Linville wrote:
>  > >	http://people.redhat.com/linville/kernels/fedora-netdev/
>  > 
>  > I guess the test can be termed a 'success' because after updating from 
>  > 2.6.14-1.1637_FC4 to 2.6.14-1.1637_FC4.netdev.1, I get 100% 
>  > reproducible kernel hang (everything just freezes as it is, no message 
>  > to /var/log/messages or anywhere) after I run '/sbin/ip -6 r l' or try 
>  > to use IPv6 in basically any other way on my ThinkPad laptop with 
>  > external orinoco_cs WLAN card.
>  > 
>  > Any thoughts for the next steps?
>  
>  It's probably missing this patch: 
It was...

Pekka, I have included the patch Thomas identified as part of the
FC4.netdev.2 build.  You may want to do a 'yum update' and try it out.

Thanks!

John
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John W. Linville
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fedora-netdev.1 IPv6 freeze [Re: [ANNOUNCE] fedora-netdev kernel repository]

[Pekka Savola]

On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, John W. Linville wrote:
>  On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 12:42:24PM +0100, Thomas Graf wrote:
> > * Pekka Savola <pekkas(a)netcore.fi&gt; 2005-11-16 12:46
> >> On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, John W. Linville wrote:
> >>> 	http://people.redhat.com/linville/kernels/fedora-netdev/
> >>
> >> I guess the test can be termed a 'success' because after updating from
> >> 2.6.14-1.1637_FC4 to 2.6.14-1.1637_FC4.netdev.1, I get 100%
> >> reproducible kernel hang (everything just freezes as it is, no message
> >> to /var/log/messages or anywhere) after I run '/sbin/ip -6 r l' or try
> >> to use IPv6 in basically any other way on my ThinkPad laptop with
> >> external orinoco_cs WLAN card.
> >>
> >> Any thoughts for the next steps?
> >
> > It's probably missing this patch:
>
>  It was...
>
>  Pekka, I have included the patch Thomas identified as part of the
>  FC4.netdev.2 build.  You may want to do a 'yum update' and try it out. 
Indeed, that fixed at least the 'ip -6 r l' problem.  I'll try whether 
there are any remaining issues with the wireless and v6 when I get 
back to the office.
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Netcore Oy                    kingdom bleeds."
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