linux-kernel - Re: Nvidia MCP55 Machine reboots on ixgb driver load

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Message-ID: <45B7EAA0.5020106@atipa.com>
Date:	Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:24:16 -0600
From:	Roger Heflin <rheflin@...pa.com>
To:	"Jeff V. Merkey" <jmerkey@...fmountaingroup.com>
CC:	Linux-Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: Nvidia MCP55 Machine reboots on ixgb driver load

Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
> 
> I have seen something similiar with the ixgb.   make certain there are 
> **NO** other adapters sharing the PCI bus with the
> ixgb.   There are some serious hardware compatibility issues with the 
> ixgb mixing it with other cards on the same PCI-X bus,
> and I have seen power loading problems, performance slowdowns, reboots, 
> and other issues when an ixgb is installed in a
> system.

It is on its own pci-x bus with no other cards on the
pci slots that are on the same bus, the machine in question has
4 slots divided into 2 buses.

                         Roger

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