From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 13:44:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 13:44:40 -0500 Received: from smtp9.xs4all.nl ([194.109.127.135]:35837 "EHLO smtp9.xs4all.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 13:44:38 -0500 Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 18:42:33 +0000 From: "Roeland Th. Jansen" To: Petr Vandrovec Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@transmeta.com Subject: Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP6 and 2.4.x kernels, har Message-ID: <20010115184233.A635@grobbebol.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <12A9B4484604@vcnet.vc.cvut.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <12A9B4484604@vcnet.vc.cvut.cz>; from VANDROVE@vc.cvut.cz on Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 06:45:06PM +0000 X-OS: Linux grobbebol 2.4.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 06:45:06PM +0000, Petr Vandrovec wrote: > I think that on BP6 hardware there is no way around except using 'noapic', > or passing board through Abit replacement program. There is only two bit > checksum which guards 8 or 22 data bits. I have no idea how frequent two > bits errors are, but, as your example shows, they definitely happen on > your hardware. thanks for the explanation. I run noapic right now and didn't die yet. I looked at the irq stuff and decided that I probably don't need it anyways. are there new(er) boards known that do not have this problem ? (pls reply to bengel@grobbebol.xs4all.nl) -- Grobbebol's Home | Don't give in to spammers. -o) http://www.xs4all.nl/~bengel | Use your real e-mail address /\ Linux 2.2.16 SMP 2x466MHz / 256 MB | on Usenet. _\_v - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/