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Re: Kernel OOPS with 1.2.11
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (lilo)
Sun Jul 30 16:10:08 1995
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 08:49:17 -0500 (CDT)
From: lilo <TaRDiS@mail.utexas.edu>
To: Chris Woods <cjwoods@gigotech.net>
cc: "David C. Niemi" <niemidc@clark.net>, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950729233116.3661D-100000@angus.gigotech.net>
On Sat, 29 Jul 1995, Chris Woods wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Jul 1995, David C. Niemi wrote:
>
> > So it is quite possible to have long uptimes on NE2000s, at least with
> > newer kernels.
>
> And without major, significant network load. Well, maybe the NE2k drivers
> are stable in 1.3.x, but since all my machines are mission-critical (we
> lose machines, 4000+ paying customers don't get service) I cannot afford
> to run 1.3.x. Actually, the NE2k's were OK on servers of moderate network
> traffic, but on my news server and web server, where the network load is
> very heavy, the machines crashed almost daily with the NE2000's.
You should investigate 1.3.13. It looks very solid. YMMV, of course. Um,
if you're getting rid of all your NE2k's, maybe you could send them to me?
Mine work fine.... :) :) :)
lilo
