From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 30 Jun 2001 15:33:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 30 Jun 2001 15:33:21 -0400 Received: from hssx-sktn-167-47.sasknet.sk.ca ([142.165.167.47]:18181 "HELO mail.thock.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sat, 30 Jun 2001 15:33:14 -0400 Message-ID: <3B3E29B0.8B9AB310@bigfoot.com> Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 13:34:08 -0600 From: Dylan Griffiths X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.5 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Morton Cc: Linux kernel Subject: Re: EEPro100 problems in SMP on 2.4.5 ? In-Reply-To: <3B3D4A96.A81A13AD@bigfoot.com> <3B3D61D3.CEDACC4D@uow.edu.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Andrew Morton wrote: > 1: Include `magic sysrq' support in the kernel and use ALT-SYSRQ-T and S > when it has locked up. If you get some traces then please feed them > into `ksymoops -m System.map' and report back. That was locked as well, AFAIK. > 2: If the above doesn't work, add `nmi_watchdog=1' to the kernel boot > options. That may catch the lockup. > > 3: Replace the NIC with another eepro100. If the problem goes away then > chuck the old one. > > 4: Replace the NIC with one of a different type (ie: swap with the other > machine). If that fixes it we look at the ethernet driver. Otherwise > we look at, umm, the rest of the kernel. I'd love to do some of this, but since the box is now being shipped to a colo facility in New York, I don't really have a choice in the matter. Hopefully someone here doing SMP + EEPro100 can see if they can reproduce the issue (2.4.5 kernel). -- www.kuro5hin.org -- technology and culture, from the trenches.