From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965044AbWFHXMl (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Jun 2006 19:12:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965045AbWFHXMl (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Jun 2006 19:12:41 -0400 Received: from liaag1af.mx.compuserve.com ([149.174.40.32]:2211 "EHLO liaag1af.mx.compuserve.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965044AbWFHXMk (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Jun 2006 19:12:40 -0400 Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 19:07:44 -0400 From: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> Subject: Re: 2.6.16.18 kernel freezes while pppd is exiting To: Paul Fulghum Cc: Alan Cox , linux-kernel Message-ID: <200606081909_MC3-1-C1F0-8B6B@compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <448893DD.7010207@microgate.com> On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 16:17:17 -0500, Paul Fulghum wrote: > > Very infrequently I get kernel freezes while pppd is exiting. > > Today I finally got traces from the serial console. > > Chuck: > > What kind of device are you using with pppd? > (so I can identify which driver is feeding > the tty layer receive data) Just a regular 16550A port at 57600 baud using the 8250 driver. > Are you setting the low_latency flag on that device? > (setserial) Not that I know of. -- Chuck