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Bug 185735

Summary: BNX2 Patch in 2.4.21-40.EL kills "Network Device Support" config menu
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Reporter: Peter Pramberger <peter>
Component: kernelAssignee: John W. Linville <linville>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Priority: medium    
Version: 3.0CC: bnocera, petrides
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Fixed In Version: RHSA-2006-0437 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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jwltest-bnx2-endmenu.patch none

Description Peter Pramberger 2006-03-17 10:06:51 UTC 
Description of problem:

linux-2.4.21-bnx2.patch from kernel-2.4.21-40.EL.src.rpm removes "endmenu" from
drivers/net/Config.in causing an abort of "make menuconfig".

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

kernel-2.4.21-40.EL.src.rpm
kernel-source-2.4.21-40.EL

How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. rpmbuild -bp SPECS/kernel-2.4.spec
2. cd BUILD/kernel-2.4.21/linux-2.4.21
3. make menuconfig
4. select "Network Device Support" -> menu ends with "Ethernet (1000 Mbit)"
5. select "Ethernet (1000 Mbit)"

Actual results:

Abort with error:
Q> scripts/Menuconfig: line 832: MCmenu36: command not found
Comment 1 John W. Linville 2006-03-17 14:14:48 UTC 
Created attachment 126275 [details]
jwltest-bnx2-endmenu.patch
Comment 2 John W. Linville 2006-03-17 15:15:57 UTC 
I have included the patch above in the test kernels here: 
 
   http://people.redhat.com/linville/kernels/rhel3/ 
 
I expect that it will be available in RHEL3 U8.
Comment 4 Peter Pramberger 2006-03-17 20:27:23 UTC 
Confirmed.

Thx
Comment 5 John W. Linville 2006-03-27 14:05:12 UTC 
*** Bug 186901 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Ernie Petrides 2006-03-28 01:21:30 UTC 
A fix for this problem has just been committed to the RHEL3 U8
patch pool this evening (in kernel version 2.4.21-40.5.EL).
Comment 11 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-07-20 13:58:14 UTC 
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-2006-0437.html