Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 4 Aug 2006 09:59:27 +1000 | Subject | Re: [PATCH -rt DO NOT APPLY] Fix for tg3 networking lockup | From | Herbert Xu <> |
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On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 04:56:54PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > > As Michael explained, it's the ASF heartbeat sent by tg3_timer() that > must be delivered to the chip within certain timing constraints. > > If you had any watchdog devices on this machine, they would likely > trigger too and reset your machine :)
Watchdogs usually require one heartbeat every 30 seconds or so. Does the ASF heartbeat need to be that frequent?
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