From: Andrew Morton <andrewm@uow.edu.au>
To: Clem Taylor <ctaylor@chipwrights.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.4.2 SMP + 3c905C-TX + NETDEV WATCHDOG
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 09:42:56 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3AC12580.F2F280C@uow.edu.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3AC108AF.C5F4A862@chipwrights.com>
Clem Taylor wrote:
>
> Every few weeks, since switching to 2.4.2, I get a series of 'NETDEV
> WATCHDOG' errors. When this happens the system becomes unusable (homes
> are NFS mounted) and does not recover. A small number of packets do get
> out when it's in this state, but not enough to be useful. I've tried an
> ifconfig up/down, all that seems to help is a reboot. The 3c905C driver
> is compiled into my kernel, so I can't reload it. The machine is a Dell
> Precision 220 (only one processor installed).
Irritating, isn't it?
> Has anyone else seen this problem. Is their a way to reset the interface
> without rebooting? Any ideas?
No. A reboot is required.
It is due to a problem in the APIC handling. There is a
workaround in the 2.4.2-ac series which fixes it. It
appears to not be in the 2.4.3 series. So for the
while you'll have to either install a recent -ac kernel
or boot with the `noapic' LILO option.
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2001-03-27 21:39 2.4.2 SMP + 3c905C-TX + NETDEV WATCHDOG Clem Taylor
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