Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 6 Mar 2003 08:47:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 6 Mar 2003 08:47:54 -0500 Received: from as12-5-6.spa.s.bonet.se ([217.215.177.162]:47024 "EHLO www.tnonline.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 6 Mar 2003 08:47:52 -0500 Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 14:58:18 +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: <406624312.20030306145818@tnonline.net> To: "Sam James" CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Entire LAN goes boo with 2.5.64 In-Reply-To: <68CDBCD4C718204B8E3AE0DE304DDB680154CD85@cdptpaex1.adelphia.com> References: <68CDBCD4C718204B8E3AE0DE304DDB680154CD85@cdptpaex1.adelphia.com> 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: 2405 Lines: 81 > Sounds like a bpdu storm, are you somehow looping the network? Not that I am aware of.. Running only one 8 port switch. Works good with the 2.4.x kernels, but not with 2.5.. very odd. //Anders > -----Original Message----- > From: Anders Widman [mailto:andewid@tnonline.net] > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 6:02 AM > To: Erik Hensema > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; erik@hensema.net > Subject: Re: Entire LAN goes boo with 2.5.64 >> 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/ -------- 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/