From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 15:38:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 15:38:01 -0500 Received: from chiara.elte.hu ([157.181.150.200]:57614 "HELO chiara.elte.hu") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 15:37:47 -0500 Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 21:37:24 +0100 (CET) From: Ingo Molnar Reply-To: To: Frank de Lange Cc: Manfred Spraul , Linus Torvalds , , , Alan Cox Subject: Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP6 and 2.4.x kernels, hardwarerelated? In-Reply-To: <20010112213555.F26555@unternet.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Frank de Lange wrote: > It is. As I already mentioned in other messages, I already tested with > JUST the patched 8390.c driver, no other patches. It was stable. I > then patched apic.c AND io_apic.c, which did not introduce new > instabilities. Unless you think that reverting back to a stock > io_apic.c would cause instabilities (which would be weird, since I had > no instabilities running only a patched 8390.c), I think the patch to > 8390.c DOES remove the symptoms all by itself. No other patches seem > necessary to get a stable box. okay - i just wanted to hear a definitive word from you that this fixes your problem, because this is what we'll have to do as a final solution. (barring any other solution.) Ingo - 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/