Re: DMA timeout hang with 2.2.9+

Gary L. Hennigan (glhenni@cs.sandia.gov)
24 Jun 1999 16:54:11 -0600

Matthew Gabeler-Lee <msg2@po.cwru.edu> writes:
[snip]
> [1] This did not occur with 2.2.6, I don't think it happened with
> 2.2.7, although I am not entirely sure, and I never had 2.2.8
> installed. I have not tried any of the 2.3.x nor any of the ac
> kernels. It has certainly occured in both 2.2.9 and 2.2.10.
[snip]

I have, in the past, had problems similiar to this, but not timeouts
specifically. I've gone back to the kernel where I thought everything
was fine only to find the problem wasn't related to the kernel. It
just happened to coincide with the installation of a new kernel, and
was in fact faulty hardware.

My suggestion would be to go back to 2.2.6, unless you have some
compelling reason not to, and make sure it's a kernel issue, and not
just some hardware that went flaky on you just when you happened to
install a new kernel.

Just an idea. It'll certainly point directly to 2.2.9/10 if the
problem goes away after you install 2.2.6.

Gary

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