The system freezes when load the module sis190

[Jose Luis Marti]

Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.15-23-386

I have a Gigabyte GA-8S649MF-FS motherboard with a “SiS 190 & 191 Gigabit LAN” ethernet card.

With Ubuntu 6.06 (kernel 2.6.15) and tested with Ubuntu 6.10 (kernel 2.6.17) the system freezes when loads the module “sis190”.

I have added it to “/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist” and the rest is working fine, then I try to load the module with “sudo modprobe sis190” and the system freezes.

But if first I boot Windows XP, and then make a software reboot, the driver loads, and the ethernet card is works fine!!!

is a bug ?

[Jose Luis Marti (joseluis-marti)]

Sorry, I reported this bug at Kernel Bug Tracker.

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7085

But the bug continue pending.

[Erdal Ronahi (erdalronahi)]

I have the same problem with Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty). The card is not recognized by the installer, if I install it later by hand, it does not work or shows extremely strange behaviour (see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3255119 for an explanation).

[Juan Jose Pablos (cheche)]

There are some patches on the kernel that can help to resolve this issue:
 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9386

Please test and report back for problems or suggest changes :-)

[Juan Jose Pablos (cheche)]

Using ubuntu 8.04 Beta 2.6.24-12 was displaying some performance inconsistency but the -15 patch it is working fine.
usuario@usuario-desktop:~$ uname -a
Linux usuario-desktop 2.6.24-15-generic #1 SMP Tue Apr 8 00:33:51 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
 Acer Extensa E261 system.
[ 29.094543] sis190 Gigabit Ethernet driver 1.2 loaded.
[ 29.689241] 0000:00:04.0: SiS 191 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter at f8886000 (IRQ: 20), 00:1c:25:2c:xx:xx

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Beginning with the Hardy Heron 8.04 development cycle, all open Ubuntu kernel bugs need to be reported against the "linux" kernel package. We are automatically migrating this linux-source-2.6.15 kernel bug to the new "linux" package. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we make this transition. Also, if you would be interested in testing the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release, it is available at http://www.ubuntu.com/testing . Please let us know your results. Thanks!

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. There are one of two ways you should be able to test:

1) If you are comfortable installing packages on your own, the linux-image-2.6.27-* package is currently available for you to install and test.

--or--

2) The upcoming Alpha5 for Intrepid Ibex 8.10 will contain this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. Alpha5 is set to be released Thursday Sept 4. Please watch http://www.ubuntu.com/testing for Alpha5 to be announced. You should then be able to test via a LiveCD.

Please let us know immediately if this newer 2.6.27 kernel resolves the bug reported here or if the issue remains. More importantly, please open a new bug report for each new bug/regression introduced by the 2.6.27 kernel and tag the bug report with 'linux-2.6.27'. Also, please specifically note if the issue does or does not appear in the 2.6.26 kernel. Thanks again, we really appreicate your help and feedback.

[Gertjan (francke)]

This problem still exists with ubuntu kernel 2.6.27-2-generic.

I have the same mainboard GA-8S649MF-FS and my pc hangs if I try to load sis190.

If I disable the networkcard in the BIOS, I experience no problems except that on shutdown the pc doesn't turn of, but reboots.

If I blacklist sis190, and enable the network card again in the bios, shutdown is working normally too.

Something specific with this mainboard is wrong?

[Andy Whitcroft (apw)]

The upstream bug watch claims that the fixes for this problem are included in 2.6.24 and later. Could those of you who saw this since then please retest with the latest kernel on your release and report back here if this is still present for you? Thanks in advance!

[Juan Jose Pablos (cheche)]

looks like this bug has been fixed upstream, but not on 2.6.24 but on a newer one.:
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11509

[Boniek (boniek12p)]

Can you confirm this issue exists with the most recent Lucid Lynx 10.04 release - http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/lucid/alpha-2/. If the issue remains in Lucid, please test the latest 2.6.32 upstream kernel build - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Let us know your results. Thank

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

Jose Luis,

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

Jose Luis,
      Would you mind commenting on whether the upstream patch has fixed this issue for you? I'd like to get this bug resolved if possible.

-Jfo

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

adjusting to Fix Committed.

[Jose Luis Marti (joseluis-marti)]

Sorry, I took away this computer ...

Someone can test the Jeremy's patch?