Arch Linux

Description:
I updated my archlinux distro and the kernel changed from 3.0 to 3.1

Steps to reproduce:
try to access network on a laptop HP Pavilion ZT3120EA with kernel 3.1.0 or 3.1.1


I found this commit into the kernel 3.1.0 changelog:

commit 6864ddb2d3089739d29418a1ff52adb2fbf9c0ca
Author: françois romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>
Date: Fri Jul 15 00:21:44 2011 +0000

8139cp: convert to new VLAN model.

The registers and descriptors bits are identical to the pre-8168
8169 chipsets : {RxDesc / TxDesc}.opts2 can only contain VLAN information.

Signed-off-by: Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>


Maybe this produce the kernel panic. Or maybe it's not this the real issue. And the problem is related to a different driver. I don't know how to report correctly this kind of issue.

lsmod output under linux 3.0.3 (I reverted the kernel to the one taken from the install CD):


[ksniffer@arch-laptop ~]$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
nls_cp437 4605 0
vfat 8739 0
fat 43074 1 vfat
usb_storage 35279 0
uas 6440 0
xt_limit 1415 1
xt_tcpudp 1875 9
xt_length 864 1
xt_state 963 3
iptable_mangle 1220 0
iptable_nat 3356 0
nf_nat 12373 1 iptable_nat
nf_conntrack_ipv4 9625 6 iptable_nat,nf_nat
nf_conntrack 50035 4 xt_state,iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_defrag_ipv4 1015 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
iptable_filter 1092 1
ip_tables 9058 3 iptable_mangle,iptable_nat,iptable_filter
x_tables 11670 8 xt_limit,xt_tcpudp,xt_length,xt_state,iptable_mangle,iptable_nat,iptable_filter,ip_tables
appletalk 22087 0
ipx 16898 0
p8022 855 1 ipx
psnap 1489 2 appletalk,ipx
llc 3029 2 p8022,psnap
p8023 784 1 ipx
ipv6 250073 14
ext4 337724 1
mbcache 4249 1 ext4
jbd2 59488 1 ext4
crc16 1069 1 ext4
radeon 910898 2
ttm 45269 1 radeon
snd_intel8x0m 9607 0
snd_intel8x0 22364 2
drm_kms_helper 21997 1 radeon
drm 147782 4 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
snd_ac97_codec 90021 2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0
ipw2200 128862 0
libipw 23094 1 ipw2200
smsc_ircc2 10499 0
irda 90767 1 smsc_ircc2
cfg80211 138620 2 ipw2200,libipw
wbsd 10650 0
8139cp 16173 0
8139too 17344 0
pcmcia 31470 0
ac97_bus 810 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 60015 3 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 15374 1 snd_pcm
joydev 7439 0
mii 3375 2 8139cp,8139too
i2c_i801 7063 0
ppdev 4814 0
firewire_ohci 25944 0
yenta_socket 18774 0
intel_agp 8720 1
firewire_core 43387 1 firewire_ohci
parport_pc 27806 0
evdev 7278 8
intel_gtt 11417 1 intel_agp
pcmcia_rsrc 8808 1 yenta_socket
iTCO_wdt 10293 0
pcmcia_core 10082 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcmcia_rsrc
rfkill 12406 1 cfg80211
i2c_algo_bit 4423 1 radeon
lib80211 3270 2 ipw2200,libipw
crc_itu_t 1069 1 firewire_core
serio_raw 3390 0
snd 43593 9 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 4986 1 snd
iTCO_vendor_support 1545 1 iTCO_wdt
shpchp 22529 0
snd_page_alloc 5869 3 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
i2c_core 16625 5 radeon,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_i801,i2c_algo_bit
pcspkr 1375 0
psmouse 56431 0
pci_hotplug 22322 1 shpchp
agpgart 22096 4 ttm,drm,intel_agp,intel_gtt
mmc_core 65089 1 wbsd
crc_ccitt 1095 1 irda
parport 25939 2 ppdev,parport_pc
battery 8865 0
video 9780 0
container 1929 0
ac 2505 0
button 3646 0
fuse 58597 2
cpufreq_powersave 674 0
cpufreq_ondemand 5056 1
acpi_cpufreq 5113 1
freq_table 2047 2 cpufreq_ondemand,acpi_cpufreq
processor 21876 2 acpi_cpufreq
mperf 1027 1 acpi_cpufreq
reiserfs 224782 3
cryptd 6893 0
aes_i586 6940 1
aes_generic 25670 1 aes_i586
lrw 2089 1
gf128mul 5854 1 lrw
usbhid 31199 0
hid 65215 1 usbhid
dm_crypt 13271 1
dm_mod 56795 15 dm_crypt
sr_mod 13244 0
sd_mod 26147 3
cdrom 31277 1 sr_mod
pata_acpi 2388 0
uhci_hcd 19609 0
ata_piix 18561 2
libata 154449 2 pata_acpi,ata_piix
ehci_hcd 34935 0
usbcore 119644 6 usb_storage,uas,usbhid,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
scsi_mod 111801 5 usb_storage,uas,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata