Bug 53732

Summary:	Lanstreamer driver hangs when doing 'ifdown tr0'
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Avi Alkalay <avibrazil>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	7.1
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OS:	Linux
URL:	http://oss.software.ibm.com/developer/opensource/linux/patches/tr.php
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Description Avi Alkalay 2001-09-17 12:12:11 UTC

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Description of problem:
IBM Token-Ring Lanstreamer driver is included in the kernel, but it is 
buggy.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Correctly configure your card.
2. ifup tr0
3. ifdown tr0
	

Actual Results:  The system (kernel) hangs

Expected Results:  Not hang

Additional info:

This is a known bug. Patches are available from IBM:

http://oss.software.ibm.com/developer/opensource/linux/patches/tr.php

I'll be happy to see this fixed before RH7.2 release.

Comment 1 Arjan van de Ven 2001-09-17 12:15:16 UTC

I added this patch to our kernel recently and I hope/expect it to make it into
our next release.