Re: [PATCH] x86: split e820 reserved entries record to late v2

Francois Romieu
2008-08-31T17:19:16Z

David Witbrodt <dawitbro@sbcglobal.net> :
[...]
> ===== SETTERM OUTPUT =====
> Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -98677795 ns)
> NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (r8169): transmit timed out
> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> WARNING: at net/sched/sch_generic.c:221 dev_watchdog+0x21e/0x250()
> Modules linked in: ipv6 cpufreq_userspace pcspkr 8250_pnp 8250 serial_core evdev
> Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.27-rc4.080829.yh-patches-tip #1
> Call Trace:
[...]
> [<ffffffff8020a8d6>] cpu_idle+0x56/0xa0
> ---[ end trace 28095e4c2b529c2a ]---
> r8169: eth0: link up
> ===== END SETTERM OUTPUT =====
>
> Other than this strangeness, everything seems OK with your patches. This
> looks like some random networking annoyance to me, not really related to
> the regression patches, but I'll let better minds be the judge of that.

Could you enable CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME ?

Even if the networking driver manages to negotiate the link, this is
the kind of message which upsets people (myself included :o) ).

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Ueimor