> > > > > > > > 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? > > > > Yes: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/folkert# for i in `seq 1 5` ; do cat > > > /proc/interrupts | grep NMI ; sleep 1 ; done > > > > NMI: 6949080 6949067 > ... > > > > NMI: 6949488 6949475 > > > > > > Is there anything else I can try? > > argh. I haven't forgotten. Hopefully after -rc1 I'll have more time... > Sorry :-) > > Your report didn't mention whether that card work OK under earlier 2.6 > > kernels. If it does, a bit of bisection searching would really help. > 2.6.15 crash > 2.6.14.4 crash > 2.6.14 crash > 2.6.12.6 crash "NMI watchdog detected LOCKUP" > 2.6.6 crash "NMI watchdog detected LOCKUP on CPU1 eip c02500aa, registers:" > 2.6.1 would not boot
It is definately a 3com 3c905b problem: I swapped that card yesterday with an adapter from a different brand (gigabit one) and now I can tcpdump without any lockups. Folkert van Heusden -- iPod winnen? --> http://keetweej.vanheusden.com/redir.php?id=62 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone: +31-6-41278122, PGP-key: 1F28D8AE, www.vanheusden.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
