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 16:53:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:53:47 -0500 Received: from e56090.upc-e.chello.nl ([213.93.56.90]:24076 "EHLO unternet.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:53:38 -0500 Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 22:53:19 +0100 From: Frank de Lange To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP6 and 2.4.x kernels, hardware related? Message-ID: <20010111225319.G3269@unternet.org> In-Reply-To: <20010110223015.B18085@unternet.org> <3A5D9D87.8A868F6A@uow.edu.au> <20010111220943.F3269@unternet.org> <3A5E29D4.1AA38368@mandrakesoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3A5E29D4.1AA38368@mandrakesoft.com>; from jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com on Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 04:47:00PM -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 04:47:00PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Are you judging based on the error message? The 'netdev watchdog ...' > message is a generic error message that could have any number of > causes. It's just saying, well, what it says :) The kernel was unable > to transmit a packet in a certain amount of time. You might get these > messages if you unplug a cable suddenly, or if your hardware isn't > delivering interrupts, or many other things... No, I'm judging based on the fact that I found reports from people using NE2K-PCI with several cards as well as tulip-based cards (different driver) on abit BP6 as well as Gigabyte motherboards, mostly on 2.3.x/2.4.x kernels. I found some postings with these problems on 2.2.x kernels. 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/