Re: CALL FOR TESTERS! [Re: 6.2 SHOWSTOPPER - em completely unusable on 6.2]

In response to Mike Tancsa <mike@xxxxxxxxxx>:

At 12:27 PM 10/4/2006, Bill Moran wrote:
In response to Bill Moran <wmoran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

In my case, it's a bce driver that's doing it. I also have some em
cards in this machine that I can test if the information will be
helpful.

Note that I can _not_ reproduce the problem with an em interface (a
PCI NIC). As mentioned earlier, I can reliably and easily produce

Hi, Just to clarify, you mean without the patch you do run into the
problem, but with the patch you cannot generate the problem ? Or with
the em NIC, you have never seen the issue at all ?

Without patch:
* bce locks up easily
* Unable to lock up em
* keyboard works
With patch:
* bce locks up easily
* unable to lock up em
* keyboard doesn't work

--
Bill Moran
Collaborative Fusion Inc.

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