Hi Timo,

On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 03:38:24PM +0100, T.A. van Roermund wrote:
> Package: src:linux
> Version: 4.14.7-1
> Severity: critical
> Tags: patch upstream
> Justification: breaks the whole system
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> This morning, I updated the Linux kernel from linux-image-4.13.0-1-amd64 to 
> linux-image-4.14.0-2-amd64.
> Afterwards, my Intel Gigabit adapter (details below) did not work properly 
> anymore (no link).
> When booting back into the previous kernel (4.13), everything works properly 
> again.
> 
> It seems like others experience the same behavior, see:
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198047
> 
> According to that thread, this bug was introduced in v4.14.3 through commit 
> 830466993daf09adbd179e4c74db07279a088f8c 
> ("e1000e: Separate signaling for link check/link up", upstream: 
> 19110cfbb34d4af0cdfe14cd243f3b09dc95b013).
> 
> The thread also includes a patch that (apparently) fixes the problem:
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=261183&action=diff&collapsed=&headers=1&format=raw
> 
> Could you please apply this patch to the Debian kernel, until it is included 
> in upstream?

Sorry to hear that. Would it be possible for you to confirm that the
patch fixes your issue, following:

https://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html#s4.2.2

Regards,
Salvatore

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