Re: 2.2.11: Complicated memory leak...

Frank Horowitz (frank@ned.dem.csiro.au)
Thu, 12 Aug 1999 17:11:08 +0800

>
>Version 1.07 (included in 2.2.11) of the rtl8139 driver is _evil_.
>Granted, older versions are far worse (if you generated > 95 Mbit of trafic,
>your machine would lock up). I use version 1.08a, and it works reasonably;
>this excludes the occusasional:
>
>eth0: Oh Oh, simulatinous entry of interrupt handler
>
>message.
>
>Could you try to upgrade to v1.08a and see if the memleaks go away?
>(v1.08 is available from Donalds site)
>

No go. v1.08a of the rtl8139 driver still produces the same behavior...

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