Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Lockups with Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 | Date | Fri, 16 Apr 1999 21:35:33 -0400 | From | "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <> |
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In message <19990417005537.14293.qmail@dpd130.rh.psu.edu>, abob@dpd130.rh.psu.e du writes: +----- | > Situation: | > The machine is crusing along with a load average of 0.01 and all of a | > sudden one of the ethernet boards will lock up. | | I get this too sometimes (I can see the eepro100 card is sending, but not | receiving on another machine). > ( . . . ) | What you might want to try is compile the kernel without Multicasting, it | seems to have helped with my computer. (this seems to be a common problem with | the eepro100's) +--->8
The netatalk folks run into this fairly often; the workaround they came up with is:
options eepro100 multicast_filter_limit=3
in /etc/conf.modules. Seems to work here (I've had the lockup as well, but not since adding this option).
-- brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering KF8NH We are Linux. Resistance is an indication that you missed the point.
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