did you get the pre-133 patch? stock 132 had a nasty irq bug that
this small patch fixed. I've been running 132 + this patch since it
came out with no hangs of any kind (*after* installing the patch).
Robert Hyatt Computer and Information Sciences
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On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Rens Houben wrote:
> 'llo,
>
> I've been using the 2.1.xxx kernels for some time now, although I hadi
> to stop after 129 because for some reason the kernel would freeze solid with
> a "Unable to dereference NULL kernel pointer" message (which I only got to
> see if I were at console at lock time) after 1-2 days of continuous running.
> (X, enlightenment, web/ftp/smb server, rc5).
>
> With the 2.1.132 kernel, however, the pci-ne2k driver simply quits
> transmitting correctly after only a few hours, swamping /var/log/messages
> with
>
> Dec 26 15:18:52 azimuth kernel: eth1: Tx timed out, lost interrupt? TSR=0x3, ISR
> =0x3, t=1000.
> Dec 26 15:19:02 azimuth kernel: eth1: Tx timed out, lost interrupt? TSR=0x3, ISR
> =0x2, t=1000.
> Dec 26 15:19:12 azimuth kernel: eth1: Tx timed out, lost interrupt? TSR=0x3, ISR
> =0x3, t=1000.
> Dec 26 15:20:57 azimuth kernel: eth1: Tx timed out, lost interrupt? TSR=0x3, ISR
> =0x3, t=10500.
> Dec 26 15:32:57 azimuth kernel: eth1: Tx timed out, lost interrupt? TSR=0x3, ISR
> =0x3, t=72000.
>
> (I've got 2 LanPro cards, both called from the pci-ne2k driver. works fine under
> 2.0.xx)
>
> System is a dual P2-333, Soyo 6KD mainboard and 64Mb ram.
> I compile the 2.1.xxx kernels with gcc version pgcc-2.91.60 19981201 , using
> the standard C flags in the makefile.
>
> Any suggestions what may ba causing this?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Rens Houben.
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