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From: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>
To: Antti-Pekka Liedes <apl@mail.cs.hut.fi>
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Subject: Re: serious instability with -current kernel 
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Hi,

> > I presume this is an SMP kernel?
> > 
> 
> Yep.
> 
> > ---
> > >  The problem might be network related, it hasn't crashed if I
> > > haven't had any network connections yet.  The Aug 11th kernel works fine.
> > > I made world from fresh sources today.
> > > 
> > > Other hardware includes AHA-3940U, Matrox Millennium, and SMC EtherPower
> > > 10/100.
> > 
> > is this using the de driver?  I think others have reported problems with
> > it recently.  Any chance of using another network card/driver?
> > 
> 
> Yes, I'm using the de-driver.  I don't have any other network cards but
> three etherpowers, so no choice there... I think my troubles started after
> a few changes to TCP-sections of the kernel a couple of days after Aug
> 11th.  Back then I thought I maybe just had a broken src-tree but the
> problem is still here.

could you elaborate on "changes to TCP-sections of the kernel"?

are these changes you made locally?
or are you refering to changes made to the current src tree?
if so, what changes?

does this instability exist for an identical UP kernel?

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