Description of problem: network card using the tulip driver with one or any number of vlans configured stalls when any significant traffic is passed. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): filename: /lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2111_FC5/kernel/drivers/net/tulip/tulip.ko author: The Linux Kernel Team description: Digital 21*4* Tulip ethernet driver license: GPL version: 1.1.13 vermagic: 2.6.16-1.2111_FC5 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.1 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set VLAN=yes in /etc/sysconfig/network 2. set device=eth0.10 in /etc/sysconfing/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 3. ssh to another system and do a 'dmesg' and watch the terminal freeze or scp a file greater than 1M Actual results: ssh session or scp stalls Expected results: pass network traffice correctly Additional info: have tested with 2 machines and 2 different brands and models of nics, also tested through a managed switch and thru a cross over cable
A new kernel update has been released (Version: 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5) based upon a new upstream kernel release. Please retest against this new kernel, as a large number of patches go into each upstream release, possibly including changes that may address this problem. This bug has been placed in NEEDINFO state. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, if this bug is still in this state in two weeks time, it will be closed. Should this bug still be relevant after this period, the reporter can reopen the bug at any time. Any other users on the Cc: list of this bug can request that the bug be reopened by adding a comment to the bug. In the last few updates, some users upgrading from FC4->FC5 have reported that installing a kernel update has left their systems unbootable. If you have been affected by this problem please check you only have one version of device-mapper & lvm2 installed. See bug 207474 for further details. If this bug is a problem preventing you from installing the release this version is filed against, please see bug 169613. If this bug has been fixed, but you are now experiencing a different problem, please file a separate bug for the new problem. Thank you.
(this is a mass-close to kernel bugs in NEEDINFO state) As indicated previously there has been no update on the progress of this bug therefore I am closing it as INSUFFICIENT_DATA. Please re-open if the issue still occurs for you and I will try to assist in its resolution. Thank you for taking the time to report the initial bug. If you believe that this bug was closed in error, please feel free to reopen this bug.