Bug 534112 - Upgrade from RHEL4U7 to U8 fails to bring up networking with forcedeth driver. [simple patch] [rhel-4.8.z]
Summary: Upgrade from RHEL4U7 to U8 fails to bring up networking with forcedeth driver...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 4.8
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
urgent
urgent
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Vitaly Mayatskikh
QA Contact: Red Hat Kernel QE team
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Depends On: 532593
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-11-10 15:47 UTC by RHEL Program Management
Modified: 2018-10-27 15:24 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
A fix in the Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1024 introduced a regression. After updating to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8 and rebooting, network links often failed to be brought up for interfaces using the forcedeth driver. Additionally, "no link during initialization" messages may have been logged.
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Last Closed: 2009-12-15 17:19:06 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2009:1671 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security and bug fix update 2009-12-15 17:18:22 UTC

Description RHEL Program Management 2009-11-10 15:47:30 UTC 
This bug has been copied from bug #532593 and has been proposed
to be backported to 4.8 z-stream (EUS).
Comment 4 Vitaly Mayatskikh 2009-11-30 21:33:02 UTC 
Committed in 89.0.18
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2009-12-15 17:19:06 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 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-2009-1671.html
Comment 11 Douglas Silas 2011-01-30 22:54:18 UTC 
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
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A fix in the Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1024 introduced a regression. After updating to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8 and rebooting, network links often failed to be brought up for interfaces using the forcedeth driver. Additionally, "no link during initialization" messages may have been logged.
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