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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>
To: Roland Schwarz <webmaster@rolandschwarz.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Interrupts problem with 3com network cards on dual-cpu systems ?
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 14:55:47 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3DDD6473.95F8F4C6@digeo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: NNEIJAEFFFIEBKPOMOJFAEKDDLAA.webmaster@rolandschwarz.net

Roland Schwarz wrote:
> 
> Hi kernel-hackers out there ! :-)
> 
> Maybe someone of you can help me with a problem I have here with three
> computers and Linux. Okay, three computers, all of them are DualCPU systems.
> 
> 1. P2-300 dual, 256 megs of ram
> 
> 2. P2-400 dual, 512 megs ram
> 
> 3. P3-800 dual . 1 GB ram .
> 
> All computers use 3com network cards ( 3C95x ) , number one has two, this is
> my gateway//firewall computer. As Distribution I currently use Suse Linux
> 8.1, kernel version 2.4.19-64 GB. Firewall is iptables.
> 
> The problem I encounter is a errormessage from the Linuxkernel going like
> this:
> 
> ethx : interrupt postet but not delivered
> ethx : resetting tx-ring pointer ( several times repeated )
> 

Try adding `noapic' to the kernel boot commandline.

  reply	other threads:[~2002-11-21 22:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-11-21 22:51 Interrupts problem with 3com network cards on dual-cpu systems ? Roland Schwarz
2002-11-21 22:55 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2002-11-22  6:50   ` AW: " Roland Schwarz
2002-11-22  6:51     ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2002-11-22 13:37 ` Denis Vlasenko
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-11-22 10:22 Margit Schubert-While

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