> > > Has this problem been observed in 2.4 kernels?
> >
> > No, since 2.4 doesn't have the re-sync code in the mouse driver which is
> > triggering in this case. But problems with the machine being flooded
> > with interrupts from the NIC so hard that it actually cannot do anything
> > are quite common.
>
> So is the resync code doing more good than harm?
Hard to tell. The people for which it does good don't complain.
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