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Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 16:36:21 +0000
From: David Flynn <dave@woaf.net>
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Subject: Re: Possible problems with D-LINK DFE-550TX (stock sundance driver) under 2.4.18
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* Dieter N?tzel (Dieter.Nuetzel@hamburg.de) wrote:
> On Montag, 25. M?rz 2002 :39, Dave Jones wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 03:36:07AM +0100, Dieter N?tzel wrote:
> >  > > Try booting with just one processor (maxcpus=1 boot option) or borrow
> >  > > two Athlon MP and see if you can reproduce the problem then. If you
> >  > > can, someone may help you. I you can't reproduce it with one CPU,
> >  > > you're probably on your own.
> >  >
> >  > On "newer" Athlon XP (Duron, Athlon Thoroughbred) L5-4 bridge have to be
> >  > closed.
> >
> > You don't for a minute think that there might be a reason that bridge
> > got broken at the factory ? *sigh*, we've been through this topic
> > before, I'm tired of arguing it.
> 
> Sure, but some wise men said, "there is nothing that simple on this planet".
> Some Athlon XP/MP are "broken", so they were labeled as XPs.
> In the other case it's simple marketing and business (earning more money).
> You can only argue about the distribution. But your are right, I won't do 
> that. I only want to be sure that David didn't have one of the old XPs.
> 
> -Dieter
>

Please, do we have to go on about the merits of Athlon XP systems in MP
configurations ?? 1) your wrong about the bridges, it only affects iirc
the new XP2000+ chips, 2) is it /REALLY/ the issue ?? i do not think so.

However, I am very happy to report that the system has just done it
again.  I can't give any further details yet, although i am just going
over to pay a visit to the box and do some more investigations.

FYI, we have two of these boxes with the same hardware / kernel
configuration.  Two of them have now shown the same problem (eth0
timeouts).  Including having maxcpus=1 set.

Could this perhaps be a driver issue after all ?

Many Thanks

Dave
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