2.6.23 regressions

List of Aces http://kernelnewbies.org/known_regressions_stats (a.k.a statistics)

Unclassified

Gabriel C <nix.or.die@googlemail.com>
Satyam Sharma <satyam.sharma@gmail.com>
Vitaly Bordug <vitb@kernel.crashing.org>
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Markus <lists4me@web.de>
Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@gmail.com>
Antonino A. Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com>
Jan Dittmer <jdi@l4x.org>
Christian Zankel <chris@zankel.net>
linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@mail.ru>

Subject         : 8250 claims non existing device blocking IO port
References      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/18/20
Last known good : ?
Submitter       : Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@mail.ru>
Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : ?
Status          : unknown

Subject         : 2.6.23-rc2 cross compile regressions (alpha,xtensa)
References      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/6/43
Last known good : alpha: 2.6.22-git8
                  xtensa: 2.6.22-git6
Submitter       : Jan Dittmer <jdi@l4x.org>
Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : xtensa: Christian Zankel <chris@zankel.net>
Status          : unknown

Subject         : console is messed up after resume from s2ram or switching to console from X
References      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/4/6
Last known good : ?
Submitter       : Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@gmail.com>
Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
                  Antonino A. Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com>
Workaround      : "s2ram --force --acpi_sleep 1 --vbe_mode"
Status          : problem is being debugged

Subject         : konqueror suddenly vanishing, "konqueror: Fatal IO error: client killed"
References      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/22/86
Last known good : ?
Submitter       : Markus <lists4me@web.de>
Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Status          : problem is being debugged

Subject         : Oops while modprobing phy fixed module
References      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/14/63
Last known good : ?
Submitter       : Gabriel C <nix.or.die@googlemail.com>
Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : Satyam Sharma <satyam.sharma@gmail.com>
                  Vitaly Bordug <vitb@kernel.crashing.org>
Patch1          : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/18/506
Status          : patch available

ACPI

Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
Plamen Petrov <plamen.petrov@tk.ru.acad.bg>
Michael Sedkowski <sedmich@gmail.com>
Alex Hunsaker <badalex@gmail.com>

Subject         : 2.6.23-rc3 fails to boot (acpi)
References      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/19/31
Last known good : 2.6.23-rc2
Submitter       : Alex Hunsaker <badalex@gmail.com>
Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : ?
Status          : unknown

Subject         : MCFG bug on hp nx6310
References      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/8/252
Last known good : ?
Submitter       : Michael Sedkowski <sedmich@gmail.com>
Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : ?
Status          : unknown

Subject         : 2.6.23-rc1-git10 hangs on boot - needs "acpi=off"
References      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/2/24
Last known good : ?
Submitter       : Plamen Petrov <plamen.petrov@tk.ru.acad.bg>
Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Status          : problem is being debugged

CPUFREQ

Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Denis Sadykov <denis.m.sadykov@intel.com>
dth <dth@dth.net>

Subject         : ide problems: 2.6.22-git17 working, 2.6.23-rc1* is not
References      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/27/298
                  http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/29/371
Last known good : ?
Submitter       : dth <dth@dth.net>
Caused-By       : Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
                  commit f79e3185dd0f8650022518d7624c876d8929061b
Handled-By      : Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Status          : problem is being debugged

FS

linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
nfs@lists.sourceforge.net
Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
Andrew Clayton <andrew@digital-domain.net>

Subject         : [NFSD OOPS] 2.6.23-rc1-git10
References      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/2/462
Last known good : ?
Submitter       : Andrew Clayton <andrew@digital-domain.net>
Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : ?
Status          : unknown

MMC

Pierre Ossman <drzeus-mmc@drzeus.cx>
Christian Casteyde <casteyde.christian@free.fr>
Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>

Subject         : Unable to access memory card reader anymore
References      : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8885
Last known good : ?
Submitter       : Christian Casteyde <casteyde.christian@free.fr>
Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Patch           : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=12438
Status          : patch available

MTD

linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Subject         : error: implicit declaration of function 'cfi_interleave'
References      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/6/272
Last known good : ?
Submitter       : Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Patch           : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/9/586
Status          : patch available

Networking

netdev@vger.kernel.org
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Thomas Meyer <thomas@m3y3r.de>
Florian Lohoff <flo@rfc822.org>
Uwe Bugla <uwe.bugla@gmx.de>
Daniel K. <daniel@cluded.net>
Shish <shish@shishnet.org>
Karl Meyer <adhocrocker@gmail.com>
Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>

Subject         : NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
References      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/13/737
Last known good : ?
Submitter       : Karl Meyer <adhocrocker@gmail.com>
Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>
Status          : problem is being debugged

Subject         : Weird network problems with 2.6.23-rc2
References      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/11/40
Last known good : ?
Submitter       : Shish <shish@shishnet.org>
Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : ?
Status          : unknown

Subject         : BUG: when using 'brctl stp'
References      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/10/441
Last known good : 2.6.23-rc1
Submitter       : Daniel K. <daniel@cluded.net>
Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Status          : fix applied by David Miller

Subject         : IP v4 routing is broken
References      : http://www.stardust.webpages.pl/files/tbf/bugs/bug_report01.txt
Last known good : 2.6.22-git2
Submitter       : Uwe Bugla <uwe.bugla@gmx.de>
Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : ?
Status          : unknown

Subject         : sky2 boot crash in sky2_mac_intr
References      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/24/91
Last known good : ?
Submitter       : Florian Lohoff <flo@rfc822.org>
Caused-By       : 
Handled-By      : Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Patch           : http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=118651402523966&w=2
Status          : patch available

Subject         : New wake ups from sky2
References      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/20/386
Last known good : ?
Submitter       : Thomas Meyer <thomas@m3y3r.de>
Caused-By       : Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
                  commit eb35cf60e462491249166182e3e755d3d5d91a28
Handled-By      : Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Status          : unknown

Power management

<linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org>
Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <arekm@maven.pl>
Thomas Voegtle <tv@lio96.de>

Subject         : 2.6.23-rc2 swsusp, suddenly increased uptime
References      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/12/249
Last known good : ?
Submitter       : Thomas Voegtle <tv@lio96.de>
Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
Status          : problem is being debugged

Subject         : resume from ram much slower
References      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/10/275
Last known good : 2.6.23-rc1 ?
Submitter       : Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <arekm@maven.pl>
Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
Status          : problem is being debugged

USB

linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
Tino Keitel <tino.keitel@gmx.de>
Stuart_Hayes@Dell.com <Stuart_Hayes@Dell.com>
Daniel Exner <dex@dragonslave.de>
Dan Zwell <dzwell@gmail.com>
Florin Iucha <florin@iucha.net>
Roman Jarosz <kedgedev@centrum.cz>

Subject         : USB hard disk broken in 2.6.23-rc3
References      : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8892
Last known good : ?
Submitter       : Roman Jarosz <kedgedev@centrum.cz>
Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Patch           : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=12432
Status          : patch was suggested

Subject         : USB-related oops in sysfs with linux v2.6.23-rc3-50-g28e8351
References      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/15/144
Last known good : ?
Submitter       : Florin Iucha <florin@iucha.net>
Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : ?
Status          : problem is being debugged

Subject         : USB hard disk problem due to "usb-storage: implement autosuspend" patch
References      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/9/329
Last known good : ?
Submitter       : Dan Zwell <dzwell@gmail.com>
Caused-By       : Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
                  commit 8dfe4b14869fd185ca25ee88b02ada58a3005eaf
Handled-By      : Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Patch           : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/10/195
Status          : patch available

Subject         : EHCI Regression in 2.6.23-rc2
References      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/10/81
Last known good : ?
Submitter       : Daniel Exner <dex@dragonslave.de>
Caused-By       : Stuart_Hayes@Dell.com <Stuart_Hayes@Dell.com>
                  commit 196705c9bbc03540429b0f7cf9ee35c2f928a534
Handled-By      : ?
Status          : unknown

Subject         : 2.6.23-rc1: USB hard disk broken
References      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/25/62
Last known good : ?
Submitter       : Tino Keitel <tino.keitel@gmx.de>
Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
Status          : unknown

Virtualization

<kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
Paolo Ornati <ornati@fastwebnet.it>
Parag Warudkar <parag.warudkar@gmail.com>
Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>

Subject         : CONFIG_VMI broken
References      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/14/203
Last known good : ?
Submitter       : Parag Warudkar <parag.warudkar@gmail.com>
Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
Status          : problem is being debugged

Subject         : WARNING: at arch/x86_64/kernel/smp.c:379 smp_call_function_single()
References      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/10/117
Last known good : ?
Submitter       : Paolo Ornati <ornati@fastwebnet.it>
Caused-By       : Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
                  commit cec9ad279b66793bee0b5009b7ca311060061efd
Handled-By      : Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
Patch           : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/19/38
Status          : patch available

Alpha

linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
Oliver Falk <oliver@linux-kernel.at>
Bob Tracy <rct@gherkin.frus.com>
Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>

Subject         : 2.6.23-rc3 won't boot on alpha
References      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/14/487
Last known good : ?
Submitter       : Bob Tracy <rct@gherkin.frus.com>
Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : ?
Patch           : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/14/259 ?
Status          : patch available

Subject         : -Werror compilation problem - make[1]: *** [arch/alpha/kernel/sys_titan.o] Error 1
References      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/6/137
Last known good : ?
Submitter       : Oliver Falk <oliver@linux-kernel.at>
Caused-By       : ?
Handled-By      : ?
Status          : unknown

http://kernelnewbies.org/known_regressions_2622 regressions in 2.6.22

http://kernelnewbies.org/known_regressions_2621 regressions in 2.6.21 (unmaintained)

Distro-tracked regressions

Gentoo

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This list is kept relatively up-to-date. Gentoo kernels are only lightly patched, and the majority of bugs have been reproduced on unpatched kernels and reported upstream. Gentoo only track release kernels, not -rc releases (it's nice to see the scope of Adrian's previous work increased).