Ali Saidi wrote:
> Looking at the trace, it appears as though you just restored from a  
> checkpoint. Is this the case? 
Indeed it is.
> If so, what does the checkpoint dropping  
> run do after that checkpoint is created? It's so early in the trace  
> that  I would guess it's a serialization bug, particularly in the TSO  
> code. However, I looked quickly at the code and and nothing seemed to  
> jump out at me. If you can provide me with an EthernetAll trace from  
> the checkpoint run and from the restored run I can work on figuring  
> out what the problem is.
>   
All right. I will work on getting the two traces you suggest and see if 
the differences become obvious.

Thanks,
-Rick

> Ali
>
>
>
> On Jan 28, 2009, at 2:53 AM, Rick Strong wrote:
>
>   
>>> There are three possibilities here:
>>> a) A kernel bug
>>> b) a device model/driver bug
>>> c) a checkpointing bug (as it relates to (b))
>>>
>>> What kernel version are you using? Could you put the ethernet trace
>>> somewhere so I could look at it?
>>>
>>> Ali
>>>
>>>       
>> I am using the  kernel 2.6.18 with M5 patches.
>>
>> I have put the ethernet traces up at http://rickshin.ucsd.edu. It is  
>> the
>> only link. If you take a look, let me know what you think.
>>
>> Best,
>> -Rick
>>
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