Bug 162271 – Problem with b44: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot allocate memory

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Bug 162271 - Problem with b44: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot allocate memory

Summary:	Problem with b44: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot allocate memory

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	3.0
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	John W. Linville
QA Contact:	Brian Brock
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Blocks:	168424
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Reported:	2005-07-01 16:33 EDT by John W. Linville
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:07 EST (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Fixed In Version:	RHSA-2006-0144
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Last Closed:	2006-03-15 11:11:47 EST
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jwltest-b44-alloc.patch (3.07 KB, patch) 2005-07-01 16:33 EDT, John W. Linville	no flags	Details \| Diff
jwltest-b44-alloc.patch (5.37 KB, patch) 2005-08-26 15:30 EDT, John W. Linville	no flags	Details \| Diff
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External Trackers
Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2006:0144	qe-ready	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: Updated kernel packages available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 7	2006-03-15 00:00:00 EST

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Description John W. Linville 2005-07-01 16:33:38 EDT

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #161846 +++

Description of problem:
Sometimes the following message appears when trying to set up the eth0 device:

[root@bofh /tmp]# ifconfig eth0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot allocate memory

[root@bofh /tmp]# ifconfig eth0 192.168.2.2
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot allocate memory

This only happens with the primary interface, a b44 ethernet controller.
Wireless and a second usb nic do not show these problems.

The nic in question:
01:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 08bc
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
        Memory at 90080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

The installed kernel is 2.6.9-11EL, but this problem happened with earlier
kernels as well.

Comment 1 John W. Linville 2005-07-01 16:33:39 EDT

Created attachment 116262 [details]
jwltest-b44-alloc.patch

Comment 6 John W. Linville 2005-08-26 15:30:48 EDT

Created attachment 118172 [details]
jwltest-b44-alloc.patch

Better implementation...

Comment 7 John W. Linville 2005-08-26 15:31:54 EDT

Test kernels w/ above patch available here: 
 
   http://people.redhat.com/linville/kernels/rhel3/ 
 
I'd love to hear from anyone that has experienced this problem on RHEL3... :-)

Comment 14 Ernie Petrides 2005-10-26 22:23:39 EDT

A fix for this problem has just been committed to the RHEL3 U7
patch pool this evening (in kernel version 2.4.21-37.7.EL).

Comment 17 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-03-15 11:11:47 EST

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0144.html

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