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Subject: Re: NETDEV WATCHDOG with 2.4.5
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>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Morton <andrewm@uow.edu.au> writes:

Andrew> Tim Timmerman wrote:
>> 
>> >>>>> "kees" == kees  <kees@schoen.nl> writes:
>> 
kees> Hi,
>> 
kees> I tried 2.4.5 but after a couple of hours I lost all network
kees> connectivety.  The log shows:
>> <snip>
>> Can I just add a me too here ?
>> 
>> System: Abit BP6, Dual Celeron, Ne2k-pci, usb ohci and
>> scanner; 128 Mb Ram, Nvidia TNT2 graphics. Kernel 2.4.5
<snip>

Andrew> Probable fixes include booting with the `noapic' option,
Andrew> running -ac kernels or applying Maciej's APIC workaround
Andrew> patch.  There's a copy at http://www.uow.edu.au/~andrewm/linux/apic.txt
Andrew> -
   Didn't check the patch, but went straight for 2.4.5-ac20... No hangs,
   and better performance than before.

   TimT. 
   

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