Re: CIPE fails in RH FC3 kernels (2.6.9 & 2.6.10)

Hello,
Fedora kernels now have CONFIG_REGPARM set which crashes cipe.
You need to rebuild the kernel without that option.

This was mentioned on the list sometime ago, but not in the
thread someone just said in his mail.

cheers,
Tommi Kyntola

Karl Kleinpaste wrote:
> I am test-installing FC3 on an aging i586 (k6-2) machine.  Many things
> have not gone especially well.  CIPE is one of them.
> 
> I have 1.6.0, and it builds readily enough.  The configuration file is
> one I used under RH7.3, and the remote endpoint has not changed (has
> not even rebooted) in months.
> 
> Running "cd /etc/cipe; ciped-cb -o /etc/cipe/options.ts" gives me an
> oops.  The two ending kernel messages below appear to be the result of
> nmbd and nifd hanging on discovering new interfaces which they then
> cannot put to use properly: Those two programs go into state `D' and
> are now unkillable.  ciped-cb does not continue running, of course; a
> subsequent "rmmod cipcb" hangs.
> 
> The remote endpoint never reports any contact via syslog, no surprise.
> 
> This same result was seen with the original FC3 2.6.9 kernel.  That
> failure is why I picked up the 2.6.10 RPMs and installed them.  No joy.
> 
> Any thoughts?  I can't be the first person to try CIPE under FC3 or
> 2.6, can I?
> 
> --karl
> 
> Mar  2 17:27:20 sage kernel: cipcb: CIPE driver vers 1.6.0 (c) Olaf Titz 1996-2003, 100 channels
> Mar  2 17:27:20 sage kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 18b54c8c
> Mar  2 17:27:20 sage kernel:  printing eip:
> Mar  2 17:27:20 sage kernel: 18b54c8c
> Mar  2 17:27:20 sage kernel: *pde = 00000000
> Mar  2 17:27:20 sage kernel: Oops: 0000 [#1]
> Mar  2 17:27:20 sage kernel: Modules linked in: cipcb(U) nnpfs(U) nfs nfsd exportfs lockd md5 ipv6 parport_pc lp parport sunrpc dm_mod ibmcam usbvideo videodev ohci_hcd i2c_sis5595 i2c_core snd_cmipci snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_page_alloc snd_opl3_lib snd_timer snd_hwdep gameport snd_mpu401_uart snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device snd soundcore tulip floppy ext3 jbd raid1
> Mar  2 17:27:20 sage kernel: CPU:    0
> Mar  2 17:27:20 sage kernel: EIP:    0060:[<18b54c8c>]    Tainted: GF     VLI
> Mar  2 17:27:20 sage kernel: EFLAGS: 00010292   (2.6.10-1.766_FC3) 
> Mar  2 17:27:20 sage kernel: EIP is at 0x18b54c8c
> Mar  2 17:27:20 sage kernel: eax: fffffff2   ebx: 18551af2   ecx: 0000002c   edx: fffffff2
> Mar  2 17:27:20 sage kernel: esi: 0bda4a39   edi: fd9f9279   ebp: b3333eff   esp: c2dd8f34
> Mar  2 17:27:20 sage kernel: ds: 007b   es: 007b   ss: 0068
> Mar  2 17:27:20 sage kernel: Process ciped-cb (pid: 30762, threadinfo=c2dd8000 task=c205af10)
> Mar  2 17:27:21 sage kernel: Stack: 4d99e40c 0c66d74a f53d25b8 36d1cbf0 9e7eb3d1 e07421c6 37c7b967 291caa6f 
> Mar  2 17:27:21 sage kernel:        d63d204d 6141845c 3377ccd5 324ba41f 0f68f52d a479adb3 915f7a01 a21ccf65 
> Mar  2 17:27:21 sage kernel:        828a8ec5 c7313553 cd57ebc4 9f8d67ca b4d710af de81c6c9 a5292c95 050e90d2 
> Mar  2 17:27:21 sage kernel: Call Trace:
> Mar  2 17:27:21 sage kernel: Code:  Bad EIP value.
> Mar  2 17:27:26 sage wait_for_sysfs[30770]: either wait_for_sysfs (udev 039) needs an update to handle the device '/class/net/cipcb0' properly (no device symlink) or the sysfs-support of your device's driver needs to be fixed, please report to <[email protected]>
> Mar  2 17:27:26 sage wait_for_sysfs[30772]: either wait_for_sysfs (udev 039) needs an update to handle the device '/class/net/cipcb1' properly (no device symlink) or the sysfs-support of your device's driver needs to be fixed, please report to <[email protected]>
> 
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