Description of problem: [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/net/dev Inter-| Receive | Transmit face |bytes packets errs drop fifo frame compressed multicast|bytes packets errs drop fifo colls carrier compressed lo: 3920 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 3920 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 eth1: No statistics available. eth0: 1767414 6684 0 0 0 0 0 0 16060 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 sit0: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [root@localhost ~]# Kernel: 2.6.18-152.el5 The patch below introduced this problem: --- commit b4f307a628db4939237fc6c53cacc5a5800373ba Author: Neil Horman <nhorman> Date: Wed Feb 11 16:32:33 2009 -0500 [net] sky2: update driver for RHEL-5.4 Message-id: 20090211213233.GI9114.redhat.com O-Subject: [RHEL 5.4 PATCH] sky2: update to latest upstream driver (bz 48471 Bugzilla: 484712 RH-Acked-by: David Miller <davem> RH-Acked-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf> RH-Acked-by: Andy Gospodarek <gospo> Hey all- Update of the sky2 driver to the latest revision to support new hardware Brew build: https://brewweb.devel.redhat.com/taskinfo?taskID=1691744 resolves bz 484712 --- I'll attach the patch fixing this problem.
Created attachment 349299 [details] patch adding sky2_get_stats() Testing feedback: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501050#c45
Patch posted: http://post-office.corp.redhat.com/archives/rhkernel-list/2009-June/msg00762.html Flavio
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 503080 ***
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in kernel-2.6.18-157.el5 You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5 Please do NOT transition this bugzilla state to VERIFIED until our QE team has sent specific instructions indicating when to do so. However feel free to provide a comment indicating that this fix has been verified.
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 therefore 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-2009-1243.html