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Date:      Fri, 29 Sep 2006 03:44:27 -0700
From:      David G Lawrence <dg@dglawrence.com>
To:        Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, ob@e-Gitt.NET, jhb@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 6.2 SHOWSTOPPER - em completely unusable on 6.2
Message-ID:  <20060929104427.GN14975@tnn.dglawrence.com>
In-Reply-To: <E1GTFkg-0001kP-SH@dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk>
References:  <20060929072741.GH14975@tnn.dglawrence.com> <E1GTFkg-0001kP-SH@dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk>

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> >    Attached is a simple user program that will immediately cause pretty much
> > all of the network drivers (at least the ones I own) to stop working and
> > get watchdog timeouts.
> 
> I am runnign this on a single processor machine with an SMP kernel and
> it does not have any effect. I dont tink I have any single processor machines
> running a non SMP kernel to try it on though. Not particularly helpful I know. I'll

   Actually, I think it is helpful to know that the program only has an
effect on some machines. We just need to figure out what the common
denominator is.

> try building a non SMP kernel for this machine if I can.

   Do you have any history of seeing the watchdog timeout problem on your
machine?

-DG

David G. Lawrence
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