From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264373AbTLVK0N (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Dec 2003 05:26:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264375AbTLVK0N (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Dec 2003 05:26:13 -0500 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.187]:9925 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264373AbTLVK0L (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Dec 2003 05:26:11 -0500 From: Hans-Peter Jansen To: "Feldman, Scott" , "Ethan Weinstein" , Subject: Re: minor e1000 bug Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 11:26:01 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200312221126.01953.hpj@urpla.net> X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de auth:18d01dd0a2a377f0376b761557b5e99a Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Scott, On Monday 22 December 2003 06:26, Feldman, Scott wrote: > > I would also be interested in a statement from intel fellows on > > the reasoning behind this decision, since every user of gkrellm > > /* Reset the timer */ > > - mod_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer, jiffies + 2 * HZ); > > + mod_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer, jiffies + HZ); > > } > > That should be OK if you're not linked at half duplex or using a > 82541/7 Ethernet controller. e1000_smartspeed() and > e1000_adaptive_ifs() are sensitive to the watchdog interval, so > we'll need to make sure those are OK before adjusting the timer > from 2 to 1 seconds. This issue is tracker here: > http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1192. Thanks for clarification and the pointers. Nice to know, that this issue is still under investigation. Let me add, that your and your companies strong continuous linux commitment/support has influenced and will influence our future hardware decisions. And NICs are a crucial part of our diskless setups.. > -scott Thanks again and merry christmas, Pete If only some manufacturer would pick up the _existing_ pieces, and create a barebone like fanless Pentium M based system with a CSA attached 8254x NIC. Add SSD for swap/suspend, or get nbd to work for those, and be done with a low current consumption/low heat/zero dB system, which easily outperforms current local harddisk setups. BTW: I do remember 0 dB computing back in the 80ies on my 8MHz, 4 MB Atari ST. Oh, well..