From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 16:06:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 16:06:00 -0500 Received: from e56090.upc-e.chello.nl ([213.93.56.90]:40973 "EHLO unternet.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 16:05:52 -0500 Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 22:05:23 +0100 From: Frank de Lange To: Ingo Molnar Cc: Manfred Spraul , Linus Torvalds , dwmw2@infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alan Cox Subject: Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP6 and 2.4.x kernels, hardwarerelated? Message-ID: <20010112220523.C27809@unternet.org> In-Reply-To: <20010112214642.A27809@unternet.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from mingo@elte.hu on Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 09:51:36PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 09:51:36PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > great. Back when i had the same problem, flood pinging another host (on > the local network) was the quickest way to reproduce the hang: > > ping -f -s 10 otherhost > > this produced an IOAPIC-hang within seconds. Apart from killing streaming audio and interactive network use, nothing hangs. As soon as the ping flood is stopped, audio streams on and ssh sessions are useable again. So, it seems to fix it... 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/