From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 15:25:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 15:25:40 -0500 Received: from zeus.kernel.org ([209.10.41.242]:60635 "EHLO zeus.kernel.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 15:24:32 -0500 Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 20:38:27 +0100 From: Frank de Lange To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP6 and 2.4.x kernels, hardware related? Message-ID: <20010111203827.D3269@unternet.org> In-Reply-To: <20010110223015.B18085@unternet.org> <3A5D9D87.8A868F6A@uow.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3A5D9D87.8A868F6A@uow.edu.au>; from andrewm@uow.edu.au on Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 10:48:23PM +1100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hm, the noapic option seems to help, as I'm currently beating the network to death but it won't die... As the problem is elusive, it is hard to tell, and it would not surprise me if the net dropped dead the moment this mail went through, but current indication is that noapic makes the sudden net-death disappear. So.... we're still left with the question 'is this hardware-related, or is it a software/configuration problem'? Other people seem to have similar problems with dissimilar hardware (tulip cards instead of Winbond, etc), on 2.2.x as well as 2.3/4.x. As I do not run Windows (NT or 2K), I can not tell if this problem also occurs there. And my FreeBSD-box is uniprocessor... So... has anyone seen anything like this on other 'true' (SMP) OS's? If so, that would indicate a hardware problem... Cheers//Frank -- WWWWW _______________________ ## o o\ / Frank de Lange \ }# \| / \ ##---# _/ \ #### \ +31-320-252965 / \ frank@unternet.org / ------------------------- [ "Omnis enim res, quae dando non deficit, dum habetur et non datur, nondum habetur, quomodo habenda est." ] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/