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Re: machine hangs with kernel-2.6.32-220
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Jeff Siddall <[log in to unmask]>
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Jeff Siddall <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 9 Feb 2012 13:59:32 -0500
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On 02/09/2012 12:30 PM, Orion Poplawski wrote:
> Is anyone else seeing machines lockup with kernel-2.6.32-220? On one
> machine (Dell PowerEdge SC1435 Dual Opteron 2384) we've seen it lockup
> pretty consistently. Moving back to 2.6.32-131.21.1.el6.x86_64 appears
> to have resolved it.

Yes, the 2.6.32-220 series seems to have all sorts of issues.

Do you happen to be running an RealTek 816x ethernet chip?

I discovered the hard way that the r8169 driver in the SL6 
2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.x86_64 kernel if running at 1000 Mbps caused my 
system began freezing frequently after upgrading to this kernel when 
network activity got high.  TUV has a bug report about this already.

Installing the driver off the Realtek site seems to have solved it for 
now but it was a pain to track that down.

Jeff

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