Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 6 Mar 2003 05:52:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 6 Mar 2003 05:52:32 -0500 Received: from as12-5-6.spa.s.bonet.se ([217.215.177.162]:15547 "EHLO www.tnonline.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 6 Mar 2003 05:52:31 -0500 Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 12:01:53 +0100 From: Anders Widman X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.63 Beta/6) Reply-To: Anders Widman Organization: TNOnline.net X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1154551109.20030306120153@tnonline.net> To: Erik Hensema CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, erik@hensema.net Subject: Re: Entire LAN goes boo with 2.5.64 In-Reply-To: References: <195124534734.20030306103604@tnonline.net> <185124756546.20030306103945@tnonline.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1584 Lines: 46 > Anders Widman (andewid@tnonline.net) wrote: >> >>> Hello, >> >>> Trying out the 2.5.64 kernel to try to solve some IDE specific >>> problems with 2.4.x kernels. Now I have another problem. We have a >>> Windows LAN and a Windows XP with WinRoute Pro as gateway. >> >>> When booting the linux-machine with the 2.5.64 kernel the windows >>> machine goes to 100% cpu and the switch (Dlink) goes crazy (loosing >>> link, other machines get 100k/s instead of 10-12MiB/s etc). >> >>> I compiled the 2.5.64 with as few options as possible, no >>> netfilter, or IPSec or similar stuff. >> >>> What can be the problem? >> >> Forgot to say I am using a Intel Pro100+ NIC and I have tested with >> both the Becker driver and the Intel driver. > I've seen something similar [1] happen to a LAN with one Windows XP machine > running vcool: http://vcool.occludo.net/ . This is also available for Linux > (http://vcool.occludo.net/VC_Linux.html). Are you running this patch or a > similar one? Nope, no vcool or anything similar. But it is very odd that the switch would go crazy too! > [1] all machines were seeing frame errors on packets > 250 bytes; it was a > 10 mbit coax lan. Using 100mbit switched network. -------- PGP public key: https://tnonline.net/secure/pgp_key.txt - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/