Hi Jan,

Jan Ceuleers wrote:
> Hi Soren,
>
> On 11/10/10 14:10, Soren Kristensen wrote:
>
> Oh and BTW: my main server happens to have nearly the same NIC (yeah I
> know: a "main server" whose network interface is only 100 Mbit/s :-) and
> it doesn't crash like this. It's a Via VT6102 Rhine-II instead of the
> VT6105M Rhine-III that's in the 5501. Runs exactly the same OS, and it
> is the very same driver that is used for both parts.
>
> Would be a shame though: I run the same version of Ubuntu on all the
> machinery here, which is great from a admin perspective.

Oe thing about drivers, our small "slow" embedded computers can provoke 
driver/software errors that are normally "masked" by faster processors, 
as Andrew say:

> 1. About Linux VIA driver - it have race condition issue (somewhere in
> interrupt handler I think).
> System just hangs if payload on interface is high. But if U build
> kernel with spinlocks, semaphores, mutexes and etc. debug - driver
> works just fine.


Best Regards,


Soren Kristensen

CEO & Chief Engineer
Soekris Engineering, Inc.
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