From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH -rt DO NOT APPLY] Fix for tg3 networking lockup Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:43:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20060803.144337.34759358.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20060803163204.GB20603@thunk.org> <20060803094917.8280f5ff.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <200608031804.55292.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: rdunlap@xenotime.net, tytso@mit.edu, herbert@gondor.apana.org.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, mchan@broadcom.com Return-path: Received: from dsl027-180-168.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.27.180.168]:24247 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932511AbWHCVoX (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Aug 2006 17:44:23 -0400 To: s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk In-Reply-To: <200608031804.55292.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Alistair John Strachan Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 18:04:55 +0100 > Probably. I have an NC6000 with a tg3 and have never experienced > link failure problems, even under -rt. And note that the "poke the chip N times a second to avoid lockup" issue only matters on very very old tg3 chips. Therefore I think Ted fixed his problem by accident, as very few people in the world actually have tg3 chips old enough to need that periodic poking.