RE: 2.6.29 network hosed?

["Hua Zhong" <hzhong@gmail.com>]

Thanks. I knew there was some problem with NAPI but I thought it had been
fixed.

I'll try the patch on Monday.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kasper Sandberg [mailto:lkml@metanurb.dk]
> Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 2:43 PM
> To: Hua Zhong
> Cc: 'Linux Kernel Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: 2.6.29 network hosed?
> 
> Hello.
> 
> Yes, this is a common issue with network, please search lkml for a post
> made by david miller, with subject: "Re: Network died completely in
> 2.6.29", Message-Id: <20090327.155346.98210435.davem@davemloft.net>
> 
> On Sat, 2009-03-28 at 14:08 -0700, Hua Zhong wrote:
> > I downloaded 2.6.29 and the network seems to be hosed on my desktop.
> Normal
> > ssh is fine, or light use of network. But whenever I run a perforce
> > integration the entire box just becomes completely dead on me. No
> traces,
> > warnings or printks. 100% reproducible. It's a FC4 based system (I
> know,
> > pretty old) for development.
> >
> > I only have an USB keyboard attached and it's not recognized after
> boot, so
> > no sysrq traces. Probably I have to upgrade udev? I can still use the
> > keyboard on the grub boot menu though.
> >
> > If it's a known issue please let me know. I'd be glad to test any
> patches.
> >
> > Hua
> >
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