Re: 2.0.33 freeze with SMP/NFS

Dr. Werner Fink (werner@suse.de)
Wed, 4 Feb 1998 22:43:32 +0100

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> Hello.
>
> I discovered a reliable way to freeze my 2.0.33 SMP box.
> When compiling on NFS using make -j or make -j4 the system
> simply freezes without any message.
>
> I'm using a 3c905 network card (3c59x.c, v0.49). I don't
> think it's related to the driver, since recent revisions are
> working well for me since some time now (and a driver
> problem used to result in a dead eth0 rather than a freeze).

Hmmm ... with 3c59x.c, v0.42 our smp+raid systems do not lock ...
with v0.49 the systems do lock without any messages.

>
> I know this information is a bit sparse, but i thought this
> could provide another data point for someone.
> Is there anything related in the 2.0.34-pre-x patch i should
> try ?

Maybe v0.49F or higher does it better ... try
ftp://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/linux/drivers/test/3c59x.c

Werner
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Previous message: Hannu Koivisto: "Re: Driver for HP 48L/Adaptec (MFM->)SCSI card?"
Maybe in reply to: Michael Marxmeier: "2.0.33 freeze with SMP/NFS"