0000072: kmod-atl1e stops working after today's CentOS5 updates

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(0000322) burakkucat (administrator) 2010-07-28 06:23	If I understand your situation: An up to date EL5.5 system. Using the currently available kmod-atl1e package. Updated the glibc package -- atl1e driver stops working. Re-installed the kmod-atl1e package -- atl1e driver now works again. Have I summarised the situation correctly? If that is the case, I suspect that a system shutdown, followed by a cold system boot would have resolved the "different MAC address than expected" issue. I am surprised that a glibc update has brought this on and a careful watch should be kept for any other issues arising since that glibc package update.

(0000323) ohw0571 (reporter) 2010-07-28 06:57	Yes, that is exactly our situation. Well, of course we did a reboot after the glibc update, but not a shutdown/cold boot. No further issues so far; other kmod packages seem to work as expected.

(0000324) burakkucat (administrator) 2010-07-28 07:44	My feeling is that the glibc update has caused a re-init of udev and that has got confused with regard to the NIC MAC address. Udev has then attempted to perform its "magic" and resulted in different parameters being assigned to the NIC. I think that this is going to have to be put done as an artefact of the glibc update and not a driver bug. Let's keep that system carefully monitored for the next few days.

(0000337) burakkucat (administrator) 2010-08-17 08:42	Issue arose as a result of an incorrect update process. Now resolved.

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