This shall be old problem between e1000 and kexec. Please refer to:
http://oss.sgi.com/archives/netdev/2005-02/msg00576.html On 7/14/05, Chad Tindel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello- > > We seem to be experiencing some problems using the e1000 driver with a > kexec fast reboot. The problem is that when we are rebooting, as soon > as the driver starts initializing the kernel panics. In the stock > kernel, this happens as soon as e1000_configure_rx() is called. This > problem also happens with the 6.0.60 version as well. > > Initial thoughts are something to do with the DMA settings still being > in the card, but are of course invalid once the new kernel has taken > control. So, once e1000_configure_rx() is called, the card tries to > receive a packet, but the driver hasn't called > e1000_alloc_rx_buffers(), so it is writing to invalid memory. > > Thoughts? > > Thanks, > > Chad > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
