netdev - Re: e100 problems in .23rc8 ?

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Date:	Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:59:53 -0500
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	David Mack <dmack@...iper.net>
CC:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	"Kok, Auke" <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, esandeen@...hat.com
Subject: Re: e100 problems in .23rc8 ?

David Mack wrote:
> Then I got very, very lucky, since I have successfully rebooted
> 2.6.23.1-23.fc8 four times (zero panics) and this is the first time a
> 2.6.23 kernel has not panicked on me in months.
> 
> This does not fill me with confidence in the theory that the panics I've
> been seeing are due to a race condition.

I'll agree with the testing results, at least.  I booted successfully
*60* times with 2.6.23.1-23.fc8, booting the stock F8test3 kernel would
oops every 5 or 6 boots.

It may well be a race, but if so something is apparently opening/closing
the window on us! :)

-Eric
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