[hcflinux] 127a:1005 freezes my Linux system.

[Marc Boucher]

The problem causing instant freezes on SMP has been found (thanks to Alok
for giving me access to his machine) and is now fixed.

So the next version of the HCF driver will not have the warning
against SMP kernels..

Cheers
Marc

On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 11:28:49AM -0400, Alok K. Dhir wrote:
> 
> The freezes occur on my SMP kernel everytime - I'm waiting for
> SMP-friendly drivers.
> 
> If your machine is single processor, and you get the SMP warning, the
> likelihood is that you're running an SMP kernel (you can run an SMP
> kernel on a single processor box - won't help much - will actually
> decrease performance).  Try recompiling a UP-only kernel and see what
> happens.
> 
> Al
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: hcflinux-admin at lists.mbsi.ca 
> > [mailto:hcflinux-admin at lists.mbsi.ca] On Behalf Of Thomas, Nicholas
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 4:52 AM
> > To: 'hcflinux at lists.mbsi.ca'
> > Subject: [hcflinux] 127a:1005 freezes my Linux system.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have the same problem as a previous poster (see below).
> > 
> > I have a 127a:1005 modem in a Rockwell PCI card.
> > My system is RedHat 7.1 installation.
> > I have istalled the hcflinmodem-0.93mbsibeta02052100 release 
> > and the installation went OK. I installed from the tar.gz 
> > sources. The country was automatically detected as UK 
> > (correct). However, the installation warned me that my SMP 
> > kernel has not been tested. My system is a single processor 
> > PC. Has anyone else seen the 'freeze' problem shown below? 
> > Any help appreciated. Regards Nick
> > 
> > ---------------------------------------
> > 
> > I have linux mandrake 8.0 with kernel 2.5.0... ...and 
> > although it compiles and install well (the 0.93b rpm)... when 
> > i try to run minicom or Kppp the ALL system = 
> > freezes..LOCK....totally....and in minicom it gives me this 
> > message. My modem is a 127a:1002 (at least... all programs 
> > tell me so...) HCF ASIC ID: 210 HCF DATAPUMP PART: '71' REV: 
> > 'BA' Anyone as sugestions... 
> > Thank you 
> > 
> > 
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