Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | Mikael Pettersson <> | Date | Wed, 26 Feb 2003 21:54:15 +0100 | Subject | Re: lockups with 2.4.20 (tg3? net/core/dev.c|deliver_to_old_ones) |
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Pete Zaitcev writes: > > Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 09:29:56 -0600 > > From: "Rhodes, Tom" <tom.rhodes@hp.com> > > > > there is a deadlock: deliver_to_old_ones()attempts to stop all timers > > > Until this is fixed, there are a couple work-arounds: > > - Put the system behind a NAT firewall. [...] > > - Switch to a non-NAPI driver. [...] > > I think you are a little late with these workarounds, tg3 1.4c > is available for a week already. > http://people.redhat.com/jgarzik/tg3/tg3-1.4c/ > > People using ancient non-NAPI kernels better upgrade to 2.4.20. > If they really, really, really cannot upgrade (and this only > happens when they are stuck with binary module crap), they > should say "I will quit this tob tomorrow" three times, > then use RH AS2.1 driver, only make sure to get tg3 1.2e3 > from drivers/addon/tg3 in 2.4.9-e.12.
Which non-AS RH8.0 kernel should one use to not get hangs from tg3? I had to downgrade our Dell PE2650 from 2.4.18-24 to 2.4.18-17 since 2.4.18-24 and -19 caused bi-weekly hangs, while -17 and earlier never had any problems. -18 seemed Ok, but the box didn't run it very long.
This is a compile server with very light network load: a couple of ssh sessions, NFS-mounted home dirs, ntpd, nothing else.
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