Re: [2.6.15] running tcpdump on 3c905b causes freeze (reproducable)

[Andrew Morton]

Folkert van Heusden <folkert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > Have you tried enabling the NMI watchdog?  Enable CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC and
> > > boot with `nmi_watchdog=1' on the command line, make sure that the NMI line
> > > of /proc/interrupts is incrementing.
> > I'll give it a try. I've added it to the append-line in the lilo config.
> > Am now compiling the kernel.
> 
> No change. Well, that is: the last message on the console now is
> "setting eth1 to promiscues mode".
> 

Did you confirm that the NMI counters in /proc/interrupts are incrementing?
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