Re: 8139too.c patch for kernel 2.4.19

Andreas Steinmetz
2002-11-18T16:02:02Z

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> That's not going to be fixed by Michael's patch... Any IOAPIC-related
> problems cannot be fixed at the driver level, but must be fixed by a
> BIOS update (or possibly an IOAPIC code fix). Sometimes vendors do not
> bother do even wire the IOAPIC when it is a uniprocessor board :(

I just wanted to point exactly in that (IO-APIC) direction as a common
source for trouble.
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Andreas Steinmetz
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