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

David Witbrodt
2008-08-31T19:10:21Z

> David Witbrodt :
> [...]
> > ===== 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:
> [...]
> > [] 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) ).

Will do.

FYI, that kernel would not reproduce the call trace after several reboots.
I had never seen a trace like that before, and have not seen one since.

DW