em interrupt storm

[Kris Kennaway]

On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 06:24:17AM +0100, Stefan Bethke wrote:
> Am 24.11.2005 um 00:15 schrieb Scott Long:
> 
> >I've directly observed it on 7501WV2 and 7520BD2 boards.  I don't  
> >know if it's a problem that will affect other board configurations  
> >or cousin chipsets like the 7505 and 7525.
> 
> We've got a Tyan i7501 Pro that we have had stability issues with  
> since the beginning.  Is it thinkable that the interrupt masking  
> could lead to a hard lock (no break to debugger possible)?

Sounds like a different problem.  Enable KDB_STOP_NMI in your kernel,
which should let you break to DDB.

Kris
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