Bug 534112 – Upgrade from RHEL4U7 to U8 fails to bring up networking with forcedeth driver. [simple patch] [rhel-4.8.z]

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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...

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	4.8
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	urgent Severity urgent
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Vitaly Mayatskikh
QA Contact:	Red Hat Kernel QE team
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Keywords:	Regression, ZStream

Depends On:	532593
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Reported:	2009-11-10 10:47 EST by RHEL Product and Program Management
Modified:	2018-10-27 11:24 EDT (History)
CC List:	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 12:19:06 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2009:1671	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: kernel security and bug fix update	2009-12-15 12:18:22 EST

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Description RHEL Product and Program Management 2009-11-10 10:47:30 EST

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 16:33:02 EST

Committed in 89.0.18

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2009-12-15 12:19:06 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 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 17:54:18 EST

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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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