No networking since 2.6.18!

Hi, I wonder if someone can help me. I have an IBM netvista which
has
been running linux happily for many years, and I custom-compile the
kernel when a new version is released. However I have been unable to
successfully get any kernel since 2.4.19 onwards to work correctly,
and I have tried every one up to 2.6.21.

The boot sequence for 2.6.21.1 for example shows no problems I can
see, and shows sshd starting correctly, however I am unable to
connect
to it. Also apache2 shows signs of being unable to resolve its own
host name, both leading me to suspect the ethernet driver (e100),
however during boot I can see that it's managed to get its IP address
via DHCP from my internet gateway, so it's not completely broken -
perhaps some changes in the set-up of the TCP/IP stack since 2.6.18?


One further piece of information: This IBM BIOS contains a timer bug,
for which I have to apply a patch before each kernel build - I don't
think this is related as the symptoms of that are nothing more than
"tick loss" leading to unreliable time keeping.


Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Below are the syslog entries
for the 2.6.21.1 if that might shed some light on it...


Jun 1 18:53:50 trojanfoe kernel: klogd 1.4.1#18, log source = /proc/
kmsg started.
Jun 1 18:53:50 trojanfoe kernel: Linux version 2.6.21.1
(r...@trojanfoe.is-a-geek.net) (gcc version 4.1.2 20061115
(prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)) #1 Wed May 30 10:10:44 BST 2007
Jun 1 18:53:50 trojanfoe kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
Jun 1 18:53:50 trojanfoe kernel: sanitize start
Jun 1 18:53:50 trojanfoe kernel: sanitize end
Jun 1 18:53:50 trojanfoe kernel: copy_e820_map() start:
0000000000000000 size: 000000000009f800 end: 000000000009f800 type: 1
Jun 1 18:53:50 trojanfoe kernel: copy_e820_map() type is E820_RAM
Jun 1 18:53:50 trojanfoe kernel: copy_e820_map() start:
000000000009f800 size: 0000000000000800 end: 00000000000a0000 type: 2
Jun 1 18:53:50 trojanfoe kernel: copy_e820_map() start:
00000000000e0000 size: 0000000000020000 end: 0000000000100000 type: 2
Jun 1 18:53:51 trojanfoe kernel: copy_e820_map() start:
0000000000100000 size: 000000003fdf0000 end: 000000003fef0000 type: 1
Jun 1 18:53:51 trojanfoe kernel: copy_e820_map() type is E820_RAM
Jun 1 18:53:51 trojanfoe kernel: copy_e820_map() start:
000000003fef0000 size: 000000000000b000 end: 000000003fefb000 type: 3
Jun 1 18:53:51 trojanfoe kernel: copy_e820_map() start:
000000003fefb000 size: 0000000000005000 end: 000000003ff00000 type: 4
Jun 1 18:53:51 trojanfoe kernel: copy_e820_map() start:
000000003ff00000 size: 0000000000100000 end: 0000000040000000 type: 2
Jun 1 18:53:51 trojanfoe kernel: copy_e820_map() start:
00000000fec00000 size: 0000000000010000 end: 00000000fec10000 type: 2
Jun 1 18:53:51 trojanfoe kernel: copy_e820_map() start:
00000000fee00000 size: 0000000000001000 end: 00000000fee01000 type: 2
Jun 1 18:53:51 trojanfoe kernel: copy_e820_map() start:
00000000ff800000 size: 0000000000400000 end: 00000000ffc00000 type: 2
Jun 1 18:53:51 trojanfoe kernel: copy_e820_map() start:
00000000fffffc00 size: 0000000000000400 end: 0000000100000000 type: 2
Jun 1 18:53:51 trojanfoe kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 -
000000000009f800 (usable)
Jun 1 18:53:51 trojanfoe kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000000009f800 -
00000000000a0000 (reserved)
Jun 1 18:53:51 trojanfoe kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000000e0000 -
0000000000100000 (reserved)
Jun 1 18:53:51 trojanfoe kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 -
000000003fef0000 (usable)
Jun 1 18:53:51 trojanfoe kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000003fef0000 -
000000003fefb000 (ACPI data)
Jun 1 18:53:51 trojanfoe kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000003fefb000 -
000000003ff00000 (ACPI NVS)
Jun 1 18:53:51 trojanfoe kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000003ff00000 -
0000000040000000 (reserved)
Jun 1 18:53:51 trojanfoe kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 -
00000000fec10000 (reserved)
Jun 1 18:53:51 trojanfoe kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 -
00000000fee01000 (reserved)
Jun 1 18:53:51 trojanfoe kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000ff800000 -
00000000ffc00000 (reserved)
Jun 1 18:53:51 trojanfoe kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000fffffc00 -
0000000100000000 (reserved)
Jun 1 18:53:51 trojanfoe kernel: 126MB HIGHMEM available.
Jun 1 18:53:51 trojanfoe kernel: 896MB LOWMEM available.
Jun 1 18:53:51 trojanfoe kernel: found SMP MP-table at 000f6250
Jun 1 18:53:51 trojanfoe kernel: Entering add_active_range(0, 0,
261872) 0 entries of 256 used
Jun 1 18:53:51 trojanfoe kernel: Zone PFN ranges:
Jun 1 18:53:52 trojanfoe kernel: DMA 0 -> 4096
Jun 1 18:53:52 trojanfoe kernel: Normal 4096 -> 229376
Jun 1 18:53:52 trojanfoe kernel: HighMem 229376 -> 261872
Jun 1 18:53:52 trojanfoe kernel: early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges
Jun 1 18:53:52 trojanfoe kernel: 0: 0 -> 261872
Jun 1 18:53:52 trojanfoe kernel: On node 0 totalpages: 261872
Jun 1 18:53:52 trojanfoe kernel: DMA zone: 32 pages used for
memmap
Jun 1 18:53:53 trojanfoe kernel: DMA zone: 0 pages reserved
Jun 1 18:53:53 trojanfoe kernel: DMA zone: 4064 pages, LIFO batch:
0
Jun 1 18:53:53 trojanfoe kernel: Normal zone: 1760 pages used for
memmap
Jun 1 18:53:53 trojanfoe kernel: Normal zone: 223520 pages, LIFO
batch:31
Jun 1 18:53:53 trojanfoe kernel: HighMem zone: 253 pages used for
memmap
Jun 1 18:53:53 trojanfoe kernel: HighMem zone: 32243 pages, LIFO
batch:7
Jun 1 18:53:54 trojanfoe kernel: DMI present.
Jun 1 18:53:54 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: RSDP 000F6260, 0014 (r0
PTLTD )
Jun 1 18:53:54 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: RSDT 3FEF7585, 0030 (r1
PTLTD RSDT 60400D0 LTP 0)
Jun 1 18:53:54 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: FACP 3FEFAF14, 0074 (r1 IBM
NETVISTA 60400D0 PTL 1)
Jun 1 18:53:54 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: DSDT 3FEF75B5, 395F (r1
IBM Jedda 60400D0 MSFT 100000E)
Jun 1 18:53:54 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: FACS 3FEFBFC0, 0040
Jun 1 18:53:54 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: APIC 3FEFAF88, 0050 (r1 PTLTD
^I APIC 60400D0 LTP 0)
Jun 1 18:53:54 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: BOOT 3FEFAFD8, 0028 (r1 PTLTD
$SBFTBL$ 60400D0 LTP 1)
Jun 1 18:53:54 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x1008
Jun 1 18:53:54 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
Jun 1 18:53:54 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x00]
lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
Jun 1 18:53:54 trojanfoe kernel: Processor #0 15:1 APIC version 20
Jun 1 18:53:54 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x00] high
edge lint[0x1])
Jun 1 18:53:54 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x01]
address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0])
Jun 1 18:53:54 trojanfoe kernel: IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 1, version 32,
address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-23
Jun 1 18:53:54 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9
global_irq 9 high level)
Jun 1 18:53:54 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: IRQ9 used by override.
Jun 1 18:53:54 trojanfoe kernel: Enabling APIC mode: Flat. Using 1
I/O APICs
Jun 1 18:53:54 trojanfoe kernel: Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP
configuration information
Jun 1 18:53:54 trojanfoe kernel: Allocating PCI resources starting
at
50000000 (gap: 40000000:bec00000)
Jun 1 18:53:54 trojanfoe kernel: Built 1 zonelists. Total pages:
259827
Jun 1 18:53:54 trojanfoe kernel: Kernel command line: auto
BOOT_IMAGE=2.6.21.1 ro root=301 panic=30 clocksource=tsc
console=ttyS0,38400n8
Jun 1 18:53:54 trojanfoe kernel: mapped APIC to ffffd000 (fee00000)
Jun 1 18:53:55 trojanfoe kernel: mapped IOAPIC to ffffc000
(fec00000)
Jun 1 18:53:55 trojanfoe kernel: Enabling fast FPU save and
restore... done.
Jun 1 18:53:56 trojanfoe kernel: Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU
exception
support... done.
Jun 1 18:53:57 trojanfoe kernel: Initializing CPU#0
Jun 1 18:53:57 trojanfoe kernel: PID hash table entries: 4096
(order:
12, 16384 bytes)
Jun 1 18:53:58 trojanfoe kernel: Detected 1794.244 MHz processor.
Jun 1 18:53:59 trojanfoe kernel: Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Jun 1 18:53:59 trojanfoe kernel: Dentry cache hash table entries:
131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Jun 1 18:53:59 trojanfoe kernel: Inode-cache hash table entries:
65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Jun 1 18:54:00 trojanfoe kernel: Memory: 1035028k/1047488k available
(1789k kernel code, 11836k reserved, 679k data, 160k init, 129984k
highmem)
Jun 1 18:54:00 trojanfoe kernel: virtual kernel memory layout:
Jun 1 18:54:02 trojanfoe kernel: fixmap : 0xfffaa000 -
0xfffff000 ( 340 kB)
Jun 1 18:54:02 trojanfoe kernel: pkmap : 0xff800000 -
0xffc00000 (4096 kB)
Jun 1 18:54:03 trojanfoe kernel: vmalloc : 0xf8800000 -
0xff7fe000 ( 111 MB)
Jun 1 18:54:03 trojanfoe kernel: lowmem : 0xc0000000 -
0xf8000000 ( 896 MB)
Jun 1 18:54:03 trojanfoe kernel: .init : 0xc036c000 -
0xc0394000 ( 160 kB)
Jun 1 18:54:04 trojanfoe kernel: .data : 0xc02bf6a3 -
0xc03693b4 ( 679 kB)
Jun 1 18:54:04 trojanfoe kernel: .text : 0xc0100000 -
0xc02bf6a3 (1789 kB)
Jun 1 18:54:06 trojanfoe kernel: Checking if this processor honours
the WP bit even in supervisor mode... Ok.
Jun 1 18:54:06 trojanfoe kernel: Calibrating delay using timer
specific routine.. 3590.82 BogoMIPS (lpj=17954146)
Jun 1 18:54:06 trojanfoe kernel: Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
Jun 1 18:54:07 trojanfoe kernel: CPU: After generic identify, caps:
3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Jun 1 18:54:07 trojanfoe kernel: CPU: Trace cache: 12K uops, L1 D
cache: 8K
Jun 1 18:54:07 trojanfoe kernel: CPU: L2 cache: 128K
Jun 1 18:54:07 trojanfoe kernel: CPU: After all inits, caps:
3febfbff
00000000 00000000 00003080 00000000 00000000 00000000
Jun 1 18:54:08 trojanfoe kernel: Intel machine check architecture
supported.
Jun 1 18:54:08 trojanfoe kernel: Intel machine check reporting
enabled on CPU#0.
Jun 1 18:54:08 trojanfoe kernel: CPU0: Intel P4/Xeon Extended MCE
MSRs (12) available
Jun 1 18:54:08 trojanfoe kernel: CPU0: Thermal monitoring enabled
Jun 1 18:54:08 trojanfoe kernel: Compat vDSO mapped to ffffe000.
Jun 1 18:54:09 trojanfoe kernel: CPU: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU
1.80GHz
stepping 03
Jun 1 18:54:10 trojanfoe kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
Jun 1 18:54:10 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: Core revision 20070126
Jun 1 18:54:10 trojanfoe kernel: ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs
Jun 1 18:54:11 trojanfoe kernel: ..TIMER: vector=0x31 apic1=0 pin1=0
apic2=-1 pin2=-1
Jun 1 18:54:11 trojanfoe kernel: APIC calibration not consistent
with
PM Timer: 90ms instead of 100ms
Jun 1 18:54:11 trojanfoe kernel: APIC delta adjusted to PM-Timer:
622977 (560691)
Jun 1 18:54:11 trojanfoe kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 16
Jun 1 18:54:12 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: bus type pci registered
Jun 1 18:54:12 trojanfoe kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry
at
0xfd9bd, last bus=2
Jun 1 18:54:12 trojanfoe kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1
Jun 1 18:54:12 trojanfoe kernel: Setting up standard PCI resources
Jun 1 18:54:12 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: Interpreter enabled
Jun 1 18:54:12 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt
routing
Jun 1 18:54:12 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0]
(0000:00)
Jun 1 18:54:12 trojanfoe kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
Jun 1 18:54:12 trojanfoe kernel: Boot video device is 0000:00:02.0
Jun 1 18:54:12 trojanfoe kernel: * The chipset may have PM-Timer
Bug.
Due to workarounds for a bug,
Jun 1 18:54:12 trojanfoe kernel: * this clock source is slow. If you
are sure your timer does not have
Jun 1 18:54:12 trojanfoe kernel: * this bug, please use
"acpi_pm_good" to disable the workaround
Jun 1 18:54:12 trojanfoe kernel: PCI quirk: region 1000-107f claimed
by ICH4 ACPI/GPIO/TCO
Jun 1 18:54:12 trojanfoe kernel: PCI quirk: region 1180-11bf claimed
by ICH4 GPIO
Jun 1 18:54:12 trojanfoe kernel: PCI: Firmware left 0000:02:08.0
e100
interrupts enabled, disabling
Jun 1 18:54:12 trojanfoe kernel: PCI: Transparent bridge -
0000:00:1e.
0
Jun 1 18:54:12 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table
[\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
Jun 1 18:54:12 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table
[\_SB_.PCI0.SLOT._PRT]
Jun 1 18:54:13 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA]
(IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 *11 12 14 15)
Jun 1 18:54:13 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB]
(IRQs 3 4 5 7 *9 10 11 12 14 15)
Jun 1 18:54:13 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC]
(IRQs 3 4 *5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15)
Jun 1 18:54:13 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD]
(IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 *10 11 12 14 15)
Jun 1 18:54:13 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE]
(IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 *11 12 14 15)
Jun 1 18:54:13 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF]
(IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
Jun 1 18:54:13 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG]
(IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
Jun 1 18:54:13 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH]
(IRQs 3 4 5 7 *9 10 11 12 14 15)
Jun 1 18:54:13 trojanfoe kernel: Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97
(c) Adam Belay
Jun 1 18:54:13 trojanfoe kernel: pnp: PnP ACPI init
Jun 1 18:54:13 trojanfoe kernel: pnp: PnP ACPI: found 11 devices
Jun 1 18:54:14 trojanfoe kernel: usbcore: registered new interface
driver usbfs
Jun 1 18:54:14 trojanfoe kernel: usbcore: registered new interface
driver hub
Jun 1 18:54:14 trojanfoe kernel: usbcore: registered new device
driver usb
Jun 1 18:54:14 trojanfoe kernel: PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
Jun 1 18:54:15 trojanfoe kernel: PCI: If a device doesn't work, try
"pci=routeirq". If it helps, post a report
Jun 1 18:54:15 trojanfoe kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 8
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 20
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: pnp: 00:01: iomem range
0xfec00000-0xfec00fff could not be reserved
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: pnp: 00:01: iomem range
0xfee00000-0xfee0ffff could not be reserved
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: pnp: 00:01: iomem range
0xeffffc00-0xefffffff has been reserved
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: Time: tsc clocksource has been
installed.
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: PCI: Ignore bogus resource 6 [0:0]
of 0000:00:02.0
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1e.0
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: IO window: 2000-2fff
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: MEM window: c0100000-c01fffff
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: PREFETCH window: disabled.
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of
device
0000:00:1e.0 to 64
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 2
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: IP route cache hash table entries:
32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: TCP established hash table entries:
131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: TCP bind hash table entries: 65536
(order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: TCP: Hash tables configured
(established 131072 bind 65536)
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: TCP reno registered
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: Simple Boot Flag at 0x6c set to 0x1
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: highmem bounce pool size: 64 pages
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: io scheduler noop registered
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: io scheduler anticipatory
registered
(default)
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: io scheduler deadline registered
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: io scheduler cfq registered
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: Linux agpgart interface v0.102 (c)
Dave Jones
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: agpgart: Detected an Intel 845G
Chipset.
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: agpgart: Detected 380K stolen
memory.
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @
0x88000000
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: intelfb: Framebuffer driver for
Intel(R) 830M/845G/852GM/855GM/865G/915G/915GM/945G/945GM chipsets
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: intelfb: Version 0.9.4
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.0[A]
-


> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16


Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: intelfb: 00:02.0: Intel(R) 845G,
aperture size 128MB, stolen memory 380kB
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: intelfb: Mode is interlaced.
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: intelfb: Initial video mode is
1024x768-32@70.
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: Console: switching to colour frame
buffer device 128x48
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: e100: Intel(R) PRO/100 Network
Driver, 3.5.17-k2-NAPI
Jun 1 18:54:16 trojanfoe kernel: e100: Copyright(c) 1999-2006 Intel
Corporation
Jun 1 18:54:17 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:08.0[A]
-

> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 17


Jun 1 18:54:17 trojanfoe kernel: e100: eth0: e100_probe: addr
0xc0100000, irq 17, MAC addr 00:09:6B:BD:A5:10
Jun 1 18:54:17 trojanfoe kernel: PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
Jun 1 18:54:17 trojanfoe kernel: PPP Deflate Compression module
registered
Jun 1 18:54:17 trojanfoe kernel: PPP BSD Compression module
registered
Jun 1 18:54:17 trojanfoe kernel: Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver
Revision: 7.00alpha2
Jun 1 18:54:17 trojanfoe kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus
speed
for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
Jun 1 18:54:17 trojanfoe kernel: ICH4: IDE controller at PCI slot
0000:00:1f.1
Jun 1 18:54:17 trojanfoe kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:1f.1
(0005 -> 0007)
Jun 1 18:54:17 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.1[A]
-

> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18


Jun 1 18:54:17 trojanfoe kernel: ICH4: chipset revision 1
Jun 1 18:54:17 trojanfoe kernel: ICH4: not 100%% native mode: will
probe irqs later
Jun 1 18:54:17 trojanfoe kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0x1860-0x1867,
BIOS settings: hdaMA, hdbio
Jun 1 18:54:17 trojanfoe kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0x1868-0x186f,
BIOS settings: hdcMA, hddio
Jun 1 18:54:17 trojanfoe kernel: Probing IDE interface ide0...
Jun 1 18:54:17 trojanfoe kernel: hda: WDC WD2000BB-14GUA0, ATA DISK
drive
Jun 1 18:54:17 trojanfoe kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
Jun 1 18:54:17 trojanfoe kernel: Probing IDE interface ide1...
Jun 1 18:54:17 trojanfoe kernel: hdc: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-107D, ATAPI
CD/DVD-ROM drive
Jun 1 18:54:17 trojanfoe kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
Jun 1 18:54:17 trojanfoe kernel: hda: max request size: 512KiB
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: hda: 390721968 sectors (200049 MB)
w/
2048KiB Cache, CHS=24321/255/63, UDMA(100)
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: hda: cache flushes supported
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 hda7
hda8 hda9 >
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.7[D]
-

> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 19


Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of
device
0000:00:1d.7 to 64
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host
Controller
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus
registered, assigned bus number 1
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: PCI: cache line size of 128 is not
supported by device 0000:00:1d.7
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 19, io
mem 0xc0080000
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0
started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen
from 1 choice
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: USB Universal Host Controller
Interface driver v3.0
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.0[A]
-

> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16


Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of
device
0000:00:1d.0 to 64
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host
Controller
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus
registered, assigned bus number 2
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 16, io
base 0x00001800
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen
from 1 choice
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.1[B]
-

> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 20


Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of
device
0000:00:1d.1 to 64
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host
Controller
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus
registered, assigned bus number 3
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 20, io
base 0x00001820
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen
from 1 choice
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.2[C]
-

> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18


Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of
device
0000:00:1d.2 to 64
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host
Controller
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus
registered, assigned bus number 4
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 18, io
base 0x00001840
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen
from 1 choice
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
Jun 1 18:54:18 trojanfoe kernel: hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0f13:PSM]
at 0x0,0x0 irq 12
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: PNP: PS/2 controller has invalid
data port 0x0; using default 0x60
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: PNP: PS/2 controller has invalid
command port 0x0; using default 0x64
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: PNP: PS/2 controller doesn't have
KBD irq; using default 1
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64
irq 1
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64
irq 12
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: mice: PS/2 mouse device common for
all mice
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: TCP cubic registered
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 1
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 17
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: Using IPI Shortcut mode
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
readonly.
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 160k
freed
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: Warning: unable to open an initial
console.
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: usb 3-1: new low speed USB device
using uhci_hcd and address 2
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen
from 1 choice
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.3[B]
-

> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 21


Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: Real Time Clock Driver v1.12ac
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: hdc: ATAPI 40X DVD-ROM DVD-R CD-R/
RW
drive, 2000kB Cache, UDMA(33)
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision:
3.20
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: Adding 1052248k swap on /dev/hda7.
Priority:-1 extents:1 across:1052248k
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: ReiserFS: hda5: found reiserfs
format "3.6" with standard journal
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: ReiserFS: hda5: using ordered data
mode
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: ReiserFS: hda5: journal params:
device hda5, size 8192, journal first block 18, max trans len 1024,
max batch 900, max commit age 30, max trans age 30
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: ReiserFS: hda5: checking
transaction
log (hda5)
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: ReiserFS: hda5: Using r5 hash to
sort names
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: ReiserFS: hda6: found reiserfs
format "3.6" with standard journal
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: ReiserFS: hda6: using ordered data
mode
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: ReiserFS: hda6: journal params:
device hda6, size 8192, journal first block 18, max trans len 1024,
max batch 900, max commit age 30, max trans age 30
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: ReiserFS: hda6: checking
transaction
log (hda6)
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: ReiserFS: hda6: Using r5 hash to
sort names
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: ReiserFS: hda8: found reiserfs
format "3.6" with standard journal
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: ReiserFS: hda8: using ordered data
mode
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: ReiserFS: hda8: journal params:
device hda8, size 8192, journal first block 18, max trans len 1024,
max batch 900, max commit age 30, max trans age 30
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: ReiserFS: hda8: checking
transaction
log (hda8)
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: ReiserFS: hda8: Using r5 hash to
sort names
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: ReiserFS: hda9: found reiserfs
format "3.6" with standard journal
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: ReiserFS: hda9: using ordered data
mode
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: ReiserFS: hda9: journal params:
device hda9, size 8192, journal first block 18, max trans len 1024,
max batch 900, max commit age 30, max trans age 30
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: ReiserFS: hda9: checking
transaction
log (hda9)
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: ReiserFS: hda9: Using r5 hash to
sort names
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: e100: eth0: e100_watchdog: link up,
100Mbps, full-duplex
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter
Core Team
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: IA-32 Microcode Update Driver:
v1.14a <tig...@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: process `syslogd' is using obsolete
setsockopt SO_BSDCOMPAT
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports 8
throttling states)
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: input: Power Button (FF) as /class/
input/input0
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: input: Power Button (CM) as /class/
input/input1
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
Jun 1 18:54:19 trojanfoe kernel: ACPI: Thermal Zone [THM0] (60 C)

trojanfoe wrote:
> Hi, I wonder if someone can help me. I have an IBM netvista which
> has
> been running linux happily for many years, and I custom-compile the
> kernel when a new version is released. However I have been unable to
> successfully get any kernel since 2.4.19 onwards to work correctly,
> and I have tried every one up to 2.6.21.
>
> The boot sequence for 2.6.21.1 for example shows no problems I can
> see, and shows sshd starting correctly, however I am unable to
> connect
> to it. Also apache2 shows signs of being unable to resolve its own
> host name, both leading me to suspect the ethernet driver (e100),
> however during boot I can see that it's managed to get its IP address
> via DHCP from my internet gateway, so it's not completely broken -
> perhaps some changes in the set-up of the TCP/IP stack since 2.6.18?
>
>
> One further piece of information: This IBM BIOS contains a timer bug,
> for which I have to apply a patch before each kernel build - I don't
> think this is related as the symptoms of that are nothing more than
> "tick loss" leading to unreliable time keeping.
>
>
> Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Below are the syslog entries
> for the 2.6.21.1 if that might shed some light on it...

The only possibility that comes to mind is that interrupts are not being delivered. Please post the
output of 'cat /proc/interrupts'. You might also try 'acpi=noirq' on the kernel command line when
booting.

Larry

On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 07:59:13 -0000, trojanfoe <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:


>Hi, I wonder if someone can help me. I have an IBM netvista which
>has
>been running linux happily for many years, and I custom-compile the
>kernel when a new version is released. However I have been unable to
>successfully get any kernel since 2.4.19 onwards to work correctly,
>and I have tried every one up to 2.6.21.

>The boot sequence for 2.6.21.1 for example shows no problems I can
>see, and shows sshd starting correctly, however I am unable to
>connect
>to it. Also apache2 shows signs of being unable to resolve its own
>host name, both leading me to suspect the ethernet driver (e100),
>however during boot I can see that it's managed to get its IP address
>via DHCP from my internet gateway, so it's not completely broken -
>perhaps some changes in the set-up of the TCP/IP stack since 2.6.18?


>One further piece of information: This IBM BIOS contains a timer bug,
>for which I have to apply a patch before each kernel build - I don't
>think this is related as the symptoms of that are nothing more than
>"tick loss" leading to unreliable time keeping.


>Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Below are the syslog entries
>for the 2.6.21.1 if that might shed some light on it...


step 1: post your hardware configuration. Is it a motherboard, usb,
or I/O card doing the networking? Who made it? What is the model number?
What did you find when you did a google search for your model number plus
"linux-2.6.19 network" ?

On 2 Jun, 23:40, AZ Nomad <aznoma...@PremoveOBthisOX.COM> wrote:
> On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 07:59:13 -0000, trojanfoe <trojan...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >Hi, I wonder if someone can help me. I have an IBM netvista which
> >has
> >been running linux happily for many years, and I custom-compile the
> >kernel when a new version is released. However I have been unable to
> >successfully get any kernel since 2.4.19 onwards to work correctly,
> >and I have tried every one up to 2.6.21.
> >The boot sequence for 2.6.21.1 for example shows no problems I can
> >see, and shows sshd starting correctly, however I am unable to
> >connect
> >to it. Also apache2 shows signs of being unable to resolve its own
> >host name, both leading me to suspect the ethernet driver (e100),
> >however during boot I can see that it's managed to get its IP address
> >via DHCP from my internet gateway, so it's not completely broken -
> >perhaps some changes in the set-up of the TCP/IP stack since 2.6.18?
> >One further piece of information: This IBM BIOS contains a timer bug,
> >for which I have to apply a patch before each kernel build - I don't
> >think this is related as the symptoms of that are nothing more than
> >"tick loss" leading to unreliable time keeping.
> >Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Below are the syslog entries
> >for the 2.6.21.1 if that might shed some light on it...
>
> step 1: post your hardware configuration. Is it a motherboard, usb,
> or I/O card doing the networking? Who made it? What is the model number?
> What did you find when you did a google search for your model number plus
> "linux-2.6.19 network" ?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Sorry guys - I tried to delete my original post having found the
problem. It was the name of some of the iptables modules changing and
shorewall being unable to support them.

Cheers,
Andy