Re: Call for testers: ne2k-pci and io apic (was: Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP6...)

2001-01-13 Thread J . A . Magallon
On 2001.01.13 Manfred Spraul wrote: > > Please: > * apply the attached patch. > -- > Manfred > --- linux/arch/i386/kernel/apic.c Tue Dec 5 21:43:48 2000 > +++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/apic.c.new Sat Jan 13 15:54:56 2001 > @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ >* PCI Ne2000 networking cards and

Re: Call for testers: ne2k-pci and io apic (was: Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP6...)

2001-01-13 Thread Manfred Spraul
It seems that noone uses a Ne2000 compatible pci NIC with a newer motherboard (every K7 board, Intel 8xx boards, via apollo pro 133), but I've set up a tiny web site that describes my problem: colorfullife.com/~manfred/io_apic -- Manfred - To unsubscribe from this list: send the

Call for testers: ne2k-pci and io apic (was: Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP6...)

2001-01-13 Thread Manfred Spraul
Russell King wrote: > > Doesn't the NCR53C9x SCSI drivers use disable_irq() a lot? Do they have > any problems? > It seems that a certain timing is necessary: one flood ping or a single ncp usually doesn't trigger any problems, but 2 concurrent flood pings hang the network after 5-10 seconds.

Call for testers: ne2k-pci and io apic (was: Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP6...)

2001-01-13 Thread Manfred Spraul
Russell King wrote: Doesn't the NCR53C9x SCSI drivers use disable_irq() a lot? Do they have any problems? It seems that a certain timing is necessary: one flood ping or a single ncp usually doesn't trigger any problems, but 2 concurrent flood pings hang the network after 5-10 seconds. It's

Re: Call for testers: ne2k-pci and io apic (was: Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP6...)

2001-01-13 Thread Manfred Spraul
It seems that noone uses a Ne2000 compatible pci NIC with a newer motherboard (every K7 board, Intel 8xx boards, via apollo pro 133), but I've set up a tiny web site that describes my problem: colorfullife.com/~manfred/io_apic -- Manfred - To unsubscribe from this list: send the

Re: Call for testers: ne2k-pci and io apic (was: Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP6...)

2001-01-13 Thread J . A . Magallon
On 2001.01.13 Manfred Spraul wrote: Please: * apply the attached patch. -- Manfred --- linux/arch/i386/kernel/apic.c Tue Dec 5 21:43:48 2000 +++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/apic.c.new Sat Jan 13 15:54:56 2001 @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ * PCI Ne2000 networking cards and PII/PIII