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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] x86: split e820 reserved entries record to late v2
From:       David Witbrodt <dawitbro () sbcglobal ! net>
Date:       2008-08-31 19:10:07
Message-ID: 308581.79965.qm () web82104 ! mail ! mud ! yahoo ! com
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> David Witbrodt :
> [...]
> > ===== SETTERM OUTPUT =====
> > Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -98677795 ns)
> > NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (r8169): transmit timed out
> > ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > WARNING: at net/sched/sch_generic.c:221 dev_watchdog+0x21e/0x250()
> > Modules linked in: ipv6 cpufreq_userspace pcspkr 8250_pnp 8250 serial_core 
> evdev
> > Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.27-rc4.080829.yh-patches-tip #1
> > Call Trace:
> [...]
> >  [] cpu_idle+0x56/0xa0
> > ---[ end trace 28095e4c2b529c2a ]---
> > r8169: eth0: link up
> > ===== END SETTERM OUTPUT =====
> > 
> > Other than this strangeness, everything seems OK with your patches.  This
> > looks like some random networking annoyance to me, not really related to
> > the regression patches, but I'll let better minds be the judge of that.
> 
> Could you enable CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME ?
> 
> Even if the networking driver manages to negotiate the link, this is
> the kind of message which upsets people (myself included :o) ).

Will do.

FYI, that kernel would not reproduce the call trace after several reboots.
I had never seen a trace like that before, and have not seen one since.


DW
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