Messages in this thread | | | From | Mailing List Reader (Steve Roberts) <> | Subject | Re: Linux-2.0.31 - the Saga Continues... | Date | Fri, 15 Aug 1997 11:34:38 -0700 (PDT) |
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> On Fri, 15 Aug 1997, Mailing List Reader wrote: > > > > Could people please test it out, and only comment on real show-stoppers. > > > As of #6 I'm going to ignore the small stuff. I want to get 31 out the > > > door, and if it means that we'll end up with a 32 too, that's ok. The plan > > > is to make 2.0.31 this weekend, so you have been warned.. > > > > > > Linus > > > > > I didn't see any changes to the 3c509 driver since the upgrade in pre#5, > > did I miss something? > > > > If it is the same, then I may have a show stopper. Just moved a machine I > > had been prepping to come online to the live network (it isn't getting > > traffic to it, just sitting on thee ether) from my test net. > > > > after a brief time (anywhere from a few hours to one minute) it gets > > infinite loop in interupt messages and doesn't see the net anymore... > > sometimes ifdown, and theen back up will reset it, sometimes a cold > > boot is required... > > Was the system transfering lots of data when the card locked up? If so, > this may not be a new problem. Several people have seen similar problems > with the 3c509 driver for at least serveral kernel versions. Ususally it > only affects 486's though. > nope... a lot of times just a little telnet traffic (I would be telneted in remotely, after a few key presses, poof)
Steve
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