Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 14 Jun 1996 21:57:00 +0000 (GMT) | From | Jeff Johnson <> | Subject | Re: 2.0.0 lockup (was Re: NE2000 lockup in 2.0.0?) |
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On Fri, 14 Jun 1996, Marek Michalkiewicz wrote:
> [ Cc'ing to linux-kernel as it turns out my NE2000 clone is probably > not to blame (see below). ] > > Paul Gortmaker: > > Did you hit any of the magic <Scroll-Lock> combinations to see > > if there was any life left in the kernel still? > > Yes. It was a hard lockup, no life left. > > > If the kernel hangs *anywhere*, it will stop servicing interrupts > > from the card, and the card will then overrun and the 8390 will > > automatically stop. So it is not so surprising that the LED > > stops blinking. > > Thanks for explaining this! Funny thing is that I just got a lockup > on another machine running 2.0.0 with SMC Ultra. So it might lock > up somewhere else, sorry for the NE2000 false alarm. > > No SLIP/PPP, no sound, no CD-ROM, no SCSI, both machines with IDE > drives, no kerneld, compiled as ELF with gcc-2.7.2, mostly default > config except: > > IP firewalling, accounting, multicasting enabled > IP path mtu discovery disabled > IPX and full internal network enabled > ncpfs enabled (and used) > softdog enabled (didn't help this time) > RTC enabled > > Feel free to ask if you need more information. > > > other cards out there that out-qualify the ne2k for the most Broken As > > Designed card. > > Yeah, 3c501 :-). > > Marek >
Hey, I actually use a 3c501! :-)
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