after adding 9 devices (which ifconfig showed), rebooting the machine causes a panic when the e1000 devices tries to start. Linux nsc249.txn.cpqcorp.net 2.4.7-10smp #1 SMP Thu Sep 6 17:09:31 EDT 2001 i686 unknown Red Hat Linux release 7.2 (Enigma) Oops --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- Bringing up interface eth7: [OK] Bringing up interface eth8: Oops:0000 CPU: 0 EIP: 0010:[<c01d1f08>] EFLAGS: 0010292 eax: 0000005c ebx: 00000060 ecx: 00000017 edx: 00000d94 esi: 00000286 edi: c67b01d0 edp: 0000005c esp: c50c1c70 ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Process ip (pid: 1284, stackpage=c50c1000) Stack: 00000060 c67b01cc c123e400 c51c31e0 00000000 c01d2446 c51c31e0 00000007 0000005c 00000286 c12288a0 c67b0170 c67b0170 000005dc c123e400 00000002 c51def20 c51c31e0 c01d2505 c51c31e0 c123e400 00000010 00000504 3be06f4b Call Trace: c01d2446 c01d2505 c020dad7 c020dd44 c8837995 c01d2836 c01d24b0 c01d2650 c8826ec2 c8836ec2 c020d95a c020d320 c020d7eb c012dd9a c01c55fc c01c50f2 c01c6530 c01170e0 c0117286 c01c5f63 c01c536c c01c6d2b c010716b Code: f3 a5 a8 02 74 02 66 a5 a8 01 74 01 a4 5b 5b 5e 5f 5d c3 90 ksymops --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- ksymoops 2.4.1 on i686 2.4.7-10smp. Options used -V (default) -k /proc/ksyms (default) -l /proc/modules (default) -o /lib/modules/2.4.7-10smp/ (default) -m /boot/System.map-2.4.7-10smp (default) Warning: You did not tell me where to find symbol information. I will assume that the log matches the kernel and modules that are running right now and I'll use the default options above for symbol resolution. If the current kernel and/or modules do not match the log, you can get more accurate output by telling me the kernel version and where to find map, modules, ksyms etc. ksymoops -h explains the options. Error (expand_objects): cannot stat(/lib/ext3.o) for ext3 Error (expand_objects): cannot stat(/lib/jbd.o) for jbd Error (expand_objects): cannot stat(/lib/sym53c8xx.o) for sym53c8xx Error (expand_objects): cannot stat(/lib/sd_mod.o) for sd_mod Error (expand_objects): cannot stat(/lib/scsi_mod.o) for scsi_mod Warning (compare_maps): mismatch on symbol partition_name , ksyms_base says c01bf9b0, System.map says c015fa20. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (map_ksym_to_module): cannot match loaded module ext3 to a unique module object. Trace may not be reliable. Warning (compare_maps): mismatch on symbol sd , sd_mod says c881cce4, /lib/modules/2.4.7-10smp/kernel/drivers/scsi/sd_mod.o says c881cba0. Ignoring /lib/modules/2.4.7-10smp/kernel/drivers/scsi/sd_mod.o entry Warning (compare_maps): mismatch on symbol proc_scsi , scsi_mod says c8818088, /lib/modules/2.4.7-10smp/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o says c8816910. Ignoring /lib/modules/2.4.7- 10smp/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o entry Warning (compare_maps): mismatch on symbol scsi_devicelist , scsi_mod says c88180b4, /lib/modules/2.4.7-10smp/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o says c881693c. Ignoring /lib/modules/2.4.7- 10smp/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o entry Warning (compare_maps): mismatch on symbol scsi_hostlist , scsi_mod says c88180b0, /lib/modules/2.4.7-10smp/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o says c8816938. Ignoring /lib/modules/2.4.7- 10smp/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o entry Warning (compare_maps): mismatch on symbol scsi_hosts , scsi_mod says c88180b8, /lib/modules/2.4.7-10smp/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o says c8816940. Ignoring /lib/modules/2.4.7- 10smp/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o entry Warning (compare_maps): mismatch on symbol scsi_logging_level , scsi_mod says c8818084, /lib/modules/2.4.7-10smp/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o says c881690c. Ignoring /lib/modules/2.4.7- 10smp/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o entry CPU: 0 EIP: 0010:[<c01d1f08>] Using defaults from ksymoops -t elf32-i386 -a i386 EFLAGS: 0010292 eax: 0000005c ebx: 00000060 ecx: 00000017 edx: 00000d94 esi: 00000286 edi: c67b01d0 edp: 0000005c esp: c50c1c70 ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Process ip (pid: 1284, stackpage=c50c1000) Stack: 00000060 c67b01cc c123e400 c51c31e0 00000000 c01d2446 c51c31e0 00000007 0000005c 00000286 c12288a0 c67b0170 c67b0170 000005dc c123e400 00000002 c51def20 c51c31e0 c01d2505 c51c31e0 c123e400 00000010 00000504 3be06f4b Call Trace: c01d2446 c01d2505 c020dad7 c020dd44 c8837995 c01d2836 c01d24b0 c01d2650 c8826ec2 c8836ec2 c020d95a c020d320 c020d7eb c012dd9a c01c55fc c01c50f2 c01c6530 c01170e0 c0117286 c01c5f63 c01c536c c01c6d2b c010716b Code: f3 a5 a8 02 74 02 66 a5 a8 01 74 01 a4 5b 5b 5e 5f 5d c3 90 >>EIP; c01d1f08 <__rta_fill+88/a0> <===== Trace; c01d2446 <rtnetlink_fill_ifinfo+3b6/420> Trace; c01d2505 <rtnetlink_dump_ifinfo+55/70> Trace; c020dad7 <netlink_dump+77/1d0> Trace; c020dd44 <netlink_dump_start+114/120> Trace; c8837995 <[jbd]journal_stop+1a5/1c0> Code; c01d1f08 <__rta_fill+88/a0> 00000000 <_EIP>: Code; c01d1f08 <__rta_fill+88/a0> <===== 0: f3 a5 repz movsl %ds:(%esi),%es:(%edi) <===== Code; c01d1f0a <__rta_fill+8a/a0> 2: a8 02 test $0x2,%al Code; c01d1f0c <__rta_fill+8c/a0> 4: 74 02 je 8 <_EIP+0x8> c01d1f10 <__rta_fill+90/a0> Code; c01d1f0e <__rta_fill+8e/a0> 6: 66 a5 movsw %ds:(%esi),%es:(%edi) Code; c01d1f10 <__rta_fill+90/a0> 8: a8 01 test $0x1,%al Code; c01d1f12 <__rta_fill+92/a0> a: 74 01 je d <_EIP+0xd> c01d1f15 <__rta_fill+95/a0> Code; c01d1f14 <__rta_fill+94/a0> c: a4 movsb %ds:(%esi),%es:(%edi) Code; c01d1f15 <__rta_fill+95/a0> d: 5b pop %ebx Code; c01d1f16 <__rta_fill+96/a0> e: 5b pop %ebx Code; c01d1f17 <__rta_fill+97/a0> f: 5e pop %esi Code; c01d1f18 <__rta_fill+98/a0> 10: 5f pop %edi Code; c01d1f19 <__rta_fill+99/a0> 11: 5d pop %ebp Code; c01d1f1a <__rta_fill+9a/a0> 12: c3 ret Code; c01d1f1b <__rta_fill+9b/a0> 13: 90 nop 9 warnings and 5 errors issued. Results may not be reliable.
Don't use 2.4.7-10 smp with e1000; known bug. Please use the 2.4.9 errata release....