On Wed, 31 May 2000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > I've experienced random networking lockups with a Realtek 8139
> > fast ethernet adapter.
> > A networking restart solves them, but they're annoying.
> > I don't recall having them with 2.2.14, but I've noticed
> > no changes justifying the breakage. Granted, I haven't
> > gone hunting too hard...
>
> Interesting. Does 2.2.15pre17 work reliably ?
I've had occasional network lockups with my 8139, as well, on an SMP box.
(Yes, a BP6...) There are a few syslog references indicating that the IRQ
handler has been reentered (which Donald refers to in the source as "an
x86 bug") - related??
(My other BP6 box just refuses to talk to that 8139 at all... OTOH, it
also refused to talk to a PCI-NE2k until I flashed in a new BIOS. And
using the HPT366 driver, hdparm kills the box hard enough I have to reset
the CMOS RAM...)
James.
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