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Old 01-17-2008, 06:46 AM
Simon Wu
 
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Default kernel panic/eth0: too much work in interrupt

Hello,


I am using Redhat 8.0 on Dell P3. The PC is running multiple PPP connections
via wireless mobile modems. It would often frozen and the console display
shows "kernel panic: Aiee, killing Interrupt Handler", "In Interrupt
Handler: not syncing", "<4> eth0 too much work in interrupt, status e401".
The PPP connection is via USB ports.

Any solution to the problem?

Thanks,

Simon





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Old 01-17-2008, 06:47 AM
Michael Heiming
 
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Default Re: kernel panic/eth0: too much work in interrupt

In comp.os.linux.networking Simon Wu <simonwu@nortelnetworks.com> wrote:
> Hello,



> I am using Redhat 8.0 on Dell P3. The PC is running multiple PPP connections
> via wireless mobile modems. It would often frozen and the console display
> shows "kernel panic: Aiee, killing Interrupt Handler", "In Interrupt
> Handler: not syncing", "<4> eth0 too much work in interrupt, status e401".
> The PPP connection is via USB ports.


> Any solution to the problem?


Is this a SMP box? Are you running the latest RH update kernel?

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Old 01-17-2008, 06:47 AM
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Default Re: kernel panic/eth0: too much work in interrupt

Hello Michael,

It isn't SMP box.
I am using the default kernel on Redhat 8.0, ie, 2.4.18-14. The problem also
happened on my 2.4.7-10 kernel (RH 7.2). According to the 3COM ethernet guy,
the problem is not ethernet driver.

Thannks,

Simon

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> In comp.os.linux.networking Simon Wu <simonwu@nortelnetworks.com> wrote:
> > Hello,

>
>
> > I am using Redhat 8.0 on Dell P3. The PC is running multiple PPP

connections
> > via wireless mobile modems. It would often frozen and the console

display
> > shows "kernel panic: Aiee, killing Interrupt Handler", "In Interrupt
> > Handler: not syncing", "<4> eth0 too much work in interrupt, status

e401".
> > The PPP connection is via USB ports.

>
> > Any solution to the problem?

>
> Is this a SMP box? Are you running the latest RH update kernel?
>
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> Michael Heiming
>
> Remove +SIGNS and www. if you expect an answer, sorry for
> inconvenience, but I get tons of SPAM



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Old 01-17-2008, 06:47 AM
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Default Re: kernel panic/eth0: too much work in interrupt

Simon Wu <simonwu@nortelnetworks.com> wrote:
> Hello Michael,


> It isn't SMP box.
> I am using the default kernel on Redhat 8.0, ie, 2.4.18-14. The problem also
> happened on my 2.4.7-10 kernel (RH 7.2). According to the 3COM ethernet guy,
> the problem is not ethernet driver.


Then upgrade to latest RH errata kernel first, something like 2.4.20-19*,
should be on upgrades.redhat.com. There have been rare stability problems
mentioned in the RH errata.

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