Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 12 Jan 2001 21:37:24 +0100 (CET) | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP6 and 2.4.x kernels, hardwarerelated? |
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On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Frank de Lange wrote:
> It is. As I already mentioned in other messages, I already tested with > JUST the patched 8390.c driver, no other patches. It was stable. I > then patched apic.c AND io_apic.c, which did not introduce new > instabilities. Unless you think that reverting back to a stock > io_apic.c would cause instabilities (which would be weird, since I had > no instabilities running only a patched 8390.c), I think the patch to > 8390.c DOES remove the symptoms all by itself. No other patches seem > necessary to get a stable box.
okay - i just wanted to hear a definitive word from you that this fixes your problem, because this is what we'll have to do as a final solution. (barring any other solution.)
Ingo
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