Messages in this thread | | | From | Hans-Peter Jansen <> | Subject | Re: minor e1000 bug | Date | Mon, 22 Dec 2003 11:26:01 +0100 |
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Hi Scott,
On Monday 22 December 2003 06:26, Feldman, Scott wrote: > > I would also be interested in a statement from intel fellows on > > the reasoning behind this decision, since every user of gkrellm
> > /* Reset the timer */ > > - mod_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer, jiffies + 2 * HZ); > > + mod_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer, jiffies + HZ); > > } > > That should be OK if you're not linked at half duplex or using a > 82541/7 Ethernet controller. e1000_smartspeed() and > e1000_adaptive_ifs() are sensitive to the watchdog interval, so > we'll need to make sure those are OK before adjusting the timer > from 2 to 1 seconds. This issue is tracker here: > http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1192.
Thanks for clarification and the pointers. Nice to know, that this issue is still under investigation.
Let me add, that your and your companies strong continuous linux commitment/support has influenced and will influence our future hardware decisions.
And NICs are a crucial part of our diskless setups..
> -scott
Thanks again and merry christmas,
Pete
<dream OT> If only some manufacturer would pick up the _existing_ pieces, and create a barebone like fanless Pentium M based system with a CSA attached 8254x NIC. Add SSD for swap/suspend, or get nbd to work for those, and be done with a low current consumption/low heat/zero dB system, which easily outperforms current local harddisk setups.
BTW: I do remember 0 dB computing back in the 80ies on my 8MHz, 4 MB Atari ST. Oh, well.. </dream OT>
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