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From: Zach Welch <zwelch@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] 8139too driver
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 01:51:25
Message-Id: 3E6A9DDB.6060903@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] 8139too driver by Brian Jackson
1 Brian Jackson wrote:
2 > On Saturday 08 March 2003 06:36 pm, Zach Welch wrote:
3 >> Robert Cole wrote:
4 >>> Any ideas?
5 >>
6 >> I fixed this problem on my hardware by using a kernel those does
7 >> not include the IO-APIC functionality. This option was causing
8 >> problems for me on my SiS chipset mobo and resulted in the exact
9 >> symptom you mention.
10 >>
11 > You can test for this by adding "noapic" to your bootflags. That way
12 > you don't have to recompile just to test this theory out.
13
14 I tested this option and, if I recall correctly, it did not fix the
15 problems. The only solution I found was to recompile; however, this
16 suggestion is worth testing before going that far.
17
18 Cheers,
19
20 Zach
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