On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 10:40:00AM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > Maybe the hang I notice is different because it stays with this patch > > and appears primarily after using multiple connections. > > > > An easy way to reproduce it here is this > > > > axel -n 40 http://..file (a downloader that opens 40 connections) > > > > it will go on downloading normally without problem. > > > > If I ctrl-c that process and immediately re-run it, it will not start > > again (or any other internet connection). > > > > rmmod, modprobe and reconfiguring the iface brings it back to normal. > > > > I haven't checked if all those 40 connections are opened or at some > > point it doesn't open more than 10 or sth. > > > > Let me know if I can help somehow further. > > How far away is the site you are downloading from. Perhaps it just means you > have lots of connections open, and the memory is getting low. I can't > reproduce > it here (downloading from kernel.org on P4 with motherboard chip and > 2.6.16-git latest). > But I have 2G of memory.
The problem doesn't appear with the proprietary driver on .15 on the same sites. Basically, when the "hang" happens I can't open an inet connection without rmmod, modprobe, iface reconfiguration. I have 1.5gb. - 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
