Re: [2.6.15] running tcpdump on 3c905b causes freeze (reproducable)

[Folkert van Heusden <folkert@vanheusden.com>]

> > > > Have you tried enabling the NMI watchdog?  Enable CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC and
> > > > boot with `nmi_watchdog=1' on the command line, make sure that the NMI line
> > > > of /proc/interrupts is incrementing.
> > > I'll give it a try. I've added it to the append-line in the lilo config.
> > > Am now compiling the kernel.
> > No change. Well, that is: the last message on the console now is
> > "setting eth1 to promiscues mode".
> Did you confirm that the NMI counters in /proc/interrupts are incrementing?

Yes:
root@muur:/home/folkert# for i in `seq 1 5` ; do cat /proc/interrupts  | grep NMI ; sleep 1 ; done
NMI:    6949080    6949067
NMI:    6949182    6949169
NMI:    6949284    6949271
NMI:    6949386    6949373
NMI:    6949488    6949475


Folkert van Heusden

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