Re: Tigon3 driver problem with raw socket on 2.4.20-pre10-ac2

[Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>]

Andy Tai wrote:
> Hi, I am having problem with the (ethernet) Tigon3
> driver with Linux kernel 2.4.20-pre10-ac2.  If a
> program busily sends packets out on a raw socket
> (PF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW) on a Tigon3-chipset-based
> ethernet card (Neargear GA302T), the machine (AMD
> Athlon CPU, KT333 motherboard) locks up hard after a
> while.  No kernel panic or other error messages.  If I
> use a Intel PRO1000 card with the e1000 driver and
> identical same hardware and program otherwise, no lock
> up problem and the packets are sent properly.  Thus
> this indicates the problem is in the Tigon3 driver.
> 
> Thanks for any info on solving this problem.

I also had problems on an DUAL-AMD board, and also with a single
AMD board (SMP kernel though).  It works without problems in a P-IV
board though.  I compiled my kernels for Athlon target, and the P-IV
for the P-IV processor specifically.  I wonder if using a generic
x386 kernel would fix something...

Let me know what you find out!

Ben

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