Re: tg3 and Netgear GA302T x 2 locks machine

[Ben Greear]

David S. Miller wrote:
>    From: James Morris <[e-mail]>
>    Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 11:20:06 +1000 (EST)
> 
>    On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, David S. Miller wrote:
>    
>    > You reported the other week problems with two Acenic's in
>    > this same machine right?  The second Acenic wouldn't even probe
>    > properly.  And the two Acenic's were identical.
>    
>    FWIW, my GA302T seems fine with the kernel he originally reported 
>    (2.4.20-pre8).
> 
> Yes but are you running parallel pktgen streams on two
> tg3's? :-)

Heh, tis true, I'm abusing them horribly. ;)

So far, the tulip driver and DFE-570tx & Phobos NICs are the only
thing I've found that can stand up to my tests...  (e1000 pukes,
old acenic pukes (after quite a while), tg3 pukes, at least currently...

I'll try this this weekend.  Thanks for the suggestion.

Ben

> 
> Ben, by chance, does reverting the patch below cure your problems?

[patch snipped]

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