On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, Harley Anderson wrote:
> > This sounds like either some bit errors in memory
> > (memtest86 will find those), or a device driver
> > scribbling over memory, or the memory not being
> > refreshed or operated at the right speed (memory
> > to slow for the speed you're running it at?)...
> Hmm, Andrew just informed me that the rtl8139 driver in test8 is pretty nasty.
> Does that sound like a probable suspect?
> The card itself hasn't talked to anything in a few days, is it likely to mess
> with memory if it isn't doing anything?
Even it is just of minor help I might add that I also see freezes and panics
with test8 on my machine which also carries a rtl8139 board (running with
100MBit connection). And definitely have no memory problem whatsoever (since
every kernel before was and _is_ stable).
CU
nils faerber
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