Bug 161157

Summary:	tg3 module fails to work on kickstart process, this happens on rhas3
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3	Reporter:	its-systems <its-systems>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	John W. Linville <linville>
Status:	CLOSED CANTFIX	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Version:	3.0	CC:	davem, petrides
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Description its-systems 2005-06-20 21:05:35 UTC

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Description of problem:
Attempting to kickstart Dell 2650 servers, the kickstart process cannot get a IP from DHCP, attempted a manual IP also failed. Kickstart process works for Dell 2850 and NFS mounts work so the rest of the process is fine.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
original rhas3 and update 5

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. #network module load for a 2650
device net tg3
device net e1000

2. Burn CD, try a kickstart install.
3. Standard install seems OK, but this means 12 seperate manual installs...with no disaster recovery so is really not wanted.
  

Actual Results:  Says cannot mount at 130.195.20.239 /redhat/rhas3-5

Expected Results:  Mount should happen and kickstart completes, this works for Dell 1850s, 2850s (-64 arch), Dell 2300s (x86) and various Fedora test beds. Most units use the e100 or e1000 so this suggests a problem with the tg3 module.

Additional info:

Dell 2650

Comment 1 John W. Linville 2005-06-21 19:04:01 UTC

Have you tried booting the 2650 w/ either "noapic", "acpi=noirq" or 
"acpi=off"?  Please try all three and post the results...thanks!

Comment 2 John W. Linville 2005-07-06 19:39:40 UTC

Please do provide the requested information...additionally, test kernels w/ 
newest tg3 driver available here: 
 
   http://people.redhat.com/linville/kernels/rhel3/ 
 
Although you will not be able to install using them, it may be worth seeing if 
they get you farther along the process.  Please post your results...thanks!

Comment 3 John W. Linville 2005-09-16 14:24:08 UTC

Closing due to lack of response.  Please re-open when requested information 
becomes available...thanks!