From: On Behalf Of Aaron Lehmann
> I've been able to narrow it down to the Realtek Ethernet card. I can't
> reproduce the problem using onboard Ethernet, whereas the Realtek card
> causes trouble in any slot. However, I still don't know whether it's a
> hardware or software issue, or whether it's c
Aaron Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[adding netdev]
[meta-comment: I wish people wouldn't use such unnecessarily broad subjects
-- how is it the x86-64 port's or AMD's fault when you have broken hardware?
Would anybody write "Silent corruption on i386" or "Silent corruption
on Intel" or "
On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 08:03:16PM -0700, Jim Paris wrote:
> Since it shows up under heavy load that includes unrelated devices, I
> think ruling out hardware problems is important. Some suggestions:
I've been able to narrow it down to the Realtek Ethernet card. I can't
reproduce the problem usin
Aaron Lehmann wrote:
> I discovered a reproducible way of causing silent file corruption.
...
> 1. Heavy Ethernet load (nc remotehost < /dev/zero)
> 2. Heavy disk write load on any non-sata_sil drive (cat /dev/zero > /path)
> 3. Heavy disk read load on any other drive (tar c /path | cat > /dev/null
On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 07:52:36PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Are you able to provide us with some before-and-after data so we
> can see this corruption.
>
> See, if it's dropped-bits or shifted-data or eight-byte-aligned
> kernel addresses or whatever, that helps us generate theories..
Sure.
> On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:27:36 -0700 Aaron Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have spent a lot of time trying to find a simpler test case. So far,
> as far as I can tell, there are three conditions that must be
> satisfied for corruption to occur:
>
> 1. Heavy Ethernet load (nc remotehost < /d
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