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Subject: Re: Interrupts problem with 3com network cards on dual-cpu systems ?
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Roland Schwarz wrote:
> 
> Hi kernel-hackers out there ! :-)
> 
> Maybe someone of you can help me with a problem I have here with three
> computers and Linux. Okay, three computers, all of them are DualCPU systems.
> 
> 1. P2-300 dual, 256 megs of ram
> 
> 2. P2-400 dual, 512 megs ram
> 
> 3. P3-800 dual . 1 GB ram .
> 
> All computers use 3com network cards ( 3C95x ) , number one has two, this is
> my gateway//firewall computer. As Distribution I currently use Suse Linux
> 8.1, kernel version 2.4.19-64 GB. Firewall is iptables.
> 
> The problem I encounter is a errormessage from the Linuxkernel going like
> this:
> 
> ethx : interrupt postet but not delivered
> ethx : resetting tx-ring pointer ( several times repeated )
> 

Try adding `noapic' to the kernel boot commandline.
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