FEC driver does not set "DRIVER" property in udev which makes network-manager fail
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Jeremy Kerr | ||
Karmic |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Jeremy Kerr | ||
network-manager (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
Karmic |
Invalid
|
High
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
the current FEC driver in the imx51 kernel does not set the DRIVER property for udev
ogra@babbage2:~$ udevadm info --query=all --path=
P: /devices/
E: UDEV_LOG=3
E: DEVPATH=
E: INTERFACE=eth0
E: IFINDEX=2
E: SUBSYSTEM=net
network-manager only manages devcies for which it finds this property:
driver = g_udev_
if (!driver) {
if (parent)
}
either the FEC driver needs to export this property to udev or network-manager needs to be changed to not refuse to manage a device for which this property does not exists.
Related branches
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Karmic): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
milestone: | none → ubuntu-9.10 |
tags: | added: armel |
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Karmic): | |
assignee: | nobody → Amit Kucheria (amitk) |
Changed in network-manager (Ubuntu Karmic): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
milestone: | none → ubuntu-9.10 |
assignee: | nobody → Alexander Sack (asac) |
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Karmic): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in network-manager (Ubuntu Karmic): | |
assignee: | Alexander Sack (asac) → nobody |
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Karmic): | |
assignee: | Amit Kucheria (amitk) → Jeremy Kerr (jk-ozlabs) |
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Karmic): | |
status: | In Progress → Won't Fix |
status: | Won't Fix → In Progress |
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Karmic): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
tags: | added: iso-testing |
Not an either-or; the driver needs to be fixed. Having NM manage driverless interfaces breaks behavior with various VPNs and other virtual devices.