On Wed, 2009-11-25 at 14:32 -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote: > John Austin wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have been fighting my problem with system freezes > > described in the previous thread > > I have added a 2nd NIC to the machine > > and tested across an NFS mount using md2sum as before > > > > The machine now has > > > > An on board Marvell 8380 GB/s nic that uses the sky2 driver > > A D-Link 530T GB/s nic that uses the skge driver > > > > I am using a Netgear GS108T GB/s switch to a Centos 5.4 > > nfs4 server. > > > > The machine is booted with only one NIC connected at a time > > > > D-link Marvell > > F11 OK OK > > F12 OK Fails > > > > Fails = Hardware button press required after "random" time during > > read/checksum calc of 8GB file set > > > > My conclusion was that it must be the F12 sky2 driver not NFS > > > > I then down loaded the latest "Working" F11 kernel source rpm and > > extracted sky2.c and sky2.h > > and compiled these against the F12 kernel > > > > I thought this must fix the problem - but no! > > The machine still freezes during the md5sum test > > > > I am rapidly running out of ideas !! > > > > Any help appreciated > > > I have no help, but I do have information. There have been reports of problems > in the sky2 driver in the 2.6.32-rc tests. These may have nothing to do with > your problem, or may lead to a patch which will appear in the Fedora kernels. > > If you want to compare the sources from the two kernels it might tell you > something, but the issue may be in interrupt handling, not the driver itself. I > saw something on a chat suggesting that selecting a different hardware source > for the clock may solve network hang issues. I neither know what issues or why > that would help, unless it's some time jumps backward issue still with us. > > You now have all the relevant info I do, whether it qualifies as "help" is up to > you. > > -- > Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> > "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from > the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot > Hi Bill Thanks for the feedback I will look into your suggestions as soon as I can - but the wind is blowing in the UK, and its reasonably warm - windsurfing weather ! John -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
