Linux-kernel mailing list archive 2000-01,: Re: 2.2.14pre17 hangup with SMP during ifconfig

# Re: 2.2.14pre17 hangup with SMP during ifconfig

Manfred Spraul (manfreds@colorfullife.com)
Sun, 02 Jan 2000 22:41:19 +0100

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Dieter Stueken wrote:
>
> I try to run SMP on a dual PIII450 using 2.2.14pre17.
> I got several hangups, where as the non SMP kernel seems to be
> stable for me. I can reproduce a system hang during network
> shutdown.
> I'm using a 3x905C with a driver module 3c90x supplied
> by 3com, so may be there is a bug within this module which is not
> part of the official linux kernel. I traced it down to the last
> system call of "ifconfig eth0 down":

That's a bug in the 3Com driver: someone else reported that a few days
ago, and IIRC the bug is caused by a wrong disable_irq() call. Could you
try the default driver from the kernel code?

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    	Manfred

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