Bug 9672 - system full freeze during the changing bcm4401 MAC address
Summary: system full freeze during the changing bcm4401 MAC address
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Sisyphus
Classification: Development
Component: kernel-image-std26-up (show other bugs)
Version: unstable
Hardware: all Linux
: P2 normal
Assignee: Sergey Vlasov
QA Contact: qa-sisyphus
URL: http://lists.altlinux.org/pipermail/s...
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Reported: 2006-06-05 01:10 MSD by Artem Delendik
Modified: 2006-06-25 17:06 MSD (History)
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b44 (broadcom ethernet) set MAC bugfix (420 bytes, patch)
2006-06-05 01:11 MSD, Artem Delendik 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Artem Delendik 2006-06-05 01:10:27 MSD 
It reproduced in 2.6.14 kernel - I haven't newer kernel on me, but it seems that
this bug still open in later kernels.
System completely freeses whilst changing Broadcom bcm4401 MAC address (b44
module) in case the card haven't "upped" by ifconfig at least one time before.
It's because of the bcm4401's MAC and PCI hardware blocks haven't powered yet
after module inserting. 
Steps to Reproduce:
1.boot the system, login as root, modprobe b44 (if not loaded yet)
2.ifconfig ethX hw ether 01:02:03:04:05:06:07
3.freeeeeze! Press power button to reboot :-)
Comment 1 Artem Delendik 2006-06-05 01:11:49 MSD 
Created attachment 1512 [details]
b44 (broadcom ethernet) set MAC bugfix
Comment 2 Sergey Vlasov 2006-06-25 17:06:36 MSD 
Fixed in kernel-image-std26-*-2.6.16-alt7.