6.2 SHOWSTOPPER - em completely unusable on 6.2

[David G Lawrence]

> >    Attached is a simple user program that will immediately cause pretty much
> > all of the network drivers (at least the ones I own) to stop working and
> > get watchdog timeouts.
> 
> I am runnign this on a single processor machine with an SMP kernel and
> it does not have any effect. I dont tink I have any single processor machines
> running a non SMP kernel to try it on though. Not particularly helpful I know. I'll

   Actually, I think it is helpful to know that the program only has an
effect on some machines. We just need to figure out what the common
denominator is.

> try building a non SMP kernel for this machine if I can.

   Do you have any history of seeing the watchdog timeout problem on your
machine?

-DG

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