Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Longstanding APIC/NE2K bug | From | Jens Gecius <> | Date | 17 Jun 2001 02:25:00 -0400 |
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rc@zarq.dhs.org writes:
> There has been a bug in the 2.4.x series of kernels for a long time (at > least -pre9) concerning SMP and ne2k-pci. > > Maciej W. Rozycki posted a patch back during 2.4.0 that fixed this problem > "[patch] 2.4.0, 2.4.0-ac12: APIC lock-ups" in late January. I've been > trying new kernels regularly since, and the patch doesn't seem to have > made it in (tested 2.4.2, .3, .4 and .5). Falling back on my patched > 2.4.0 works fine. > > Symptoms: Network driver locks up. Repeated messages of "ETH0: Transmit > timeout" occurs. Unloading and reloading network drivers does not help, > reboot is required. Usually only triggered by heavy network traffic > (300-400 megs at 700k or so usually does it).
This fits exactly my problems I mentioned a couple weeks ago. Same question here. Therefore my question: can we expect to see this patch implemented? If not, any other suggestions?
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