> Re: locked 3c905B with 2.4.5pre2 > > From: Julian Anastasov ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Date: Thu May 17 2001 - 04:22:15 EST > > * Next message: Karsten Keil: "Re: patch-2.2.19.gz" > * Previous message: David Wilson: "RE: FW: I think I've found a serious bug in >AMD Athlon page_alloc.c routines, where do I mail the developer(s) ?" > * In reply to: Andrew Morton: "Re: locked 3c905B with 2.4.5pre2" > * Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Hello, > > On Thu, 17 May 2001, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > eth0: Interrupt posted but not delivered -- IRQ blocked by another device? > > > > This is a failure of the APIC interrupt controller in > > the 2.4 kernel. You'll need to boot your kernel with > > the `noapic' LILO option. Or run -ac kernels, which > > have a software workaround which fixes the problem. > > Yes, it seems noapic solved the problem with the lockup :( > > > Rumour has it that the APIC fix will be merged into Linus' tree > > very soon. It needs to be - one of the more important ethernet > > drivers is basically unviable on x86 SMP in 2.4. > > Agreed :) The performance sucks without apic. > > Regards > > -- > Julian Anastasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > - I used to get NETDEV WATCHDOG eth0:timeout error on Alpha SMP, too, with the tulip card. Definitely, Alpha has nothing to do with the x86 APIC. Since then, I switched to 3C905B. I suspect that NETDEV WATCHDOG error covers a broad class of network errors. Does anyone know more about this? Thank you -- G. Hugh Song - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
