Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030237AbWHCX7k (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Aug 2006 19:59:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030235AbWHCX7k (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Aug 2006 19:59:40 -0400 Received: from rhun.apana.org.au ([64.62.148.172]:12296 "EHLO arnor.apana.org.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030233AbWHCX7j (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Aug 2006 19:59:39 -0400 Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 09:59:27 +1000 To: David Miller Cc: tytso@mit.edu, mchan@broadcom.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH -rt DO NOT APPLY] Fix for tg3 networking lockup Message-ID: <20060803235927.GB10932@gondor.apana.org.au> References: <20060803201741.GA7894@thunk.org> <20060803.144845.66061203.davem@davemloft.net> <20060803235326.GC7894@thunk.org> <20060803.165654.45876296.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060803.165654.45876296.davem@davemloft.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i From: Herbert Xu Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 894 Lines: 22 On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 04:56:54PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > > As Michael explained, it's the ASF heartbeat sent by tg3_timer() that > must be delivered to the chip within certain timing constraints. > > If you had any watchdog devices on this machine, they would likely > trigger too and reset your machine :) Watchdogs usually require one heartbeat every 30 seconds or so. Does the ASF heartbeat need to be that frequent? Cheers, -- Visit Openswan at http://www.openswan.org/ Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.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/