Re: [PATCH] eepro100.c, kernel 2.4.1

Ion Badulescu
2001-02-08T11:00:45Z

On Thu, 8 Feb 2001 19:41:56 +0900, Augustin Vidovic <vido@ldh.org> wrote:

> You can see a kind of sudden blackout which lasts about 3 hours, and then the
> situation resumes to normality.
>
> At the same time, the /var/log/messages receives thousands of messages from the
> NET: subsystem.

So what _were_ those messages? Can you post them?

> Since the dmesg of the kernel tells about a work-around for such a bug, I was assuming
> that the work around was activated, but I had a doubt and after looking at the source,
> I discovered that it wasn't.

Well, your patch disables the work-around exactly for those (really old) cards
that actually need it and enables it for those that don't need it.

> Now, as Ion says, maybe it is not the "receiver lock-up bug" itself which is
> worked-around, frankly I don't know.

There is a very simple way to tell. Check your logs for messages like:

eth0: Sending a multicast list set command from a timer routine........."

If you find such messages, the work-around really did something. Otherwise,
it's the placebo effect...

Ion

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