[ltp] Re: t60 hangs when using wired ethernet

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:34:37 -0300


On Thu, 08 Mar 2007, Jeff Lessem wrote:
> At this time, the problem seems to be specific to this computer
> running Linux.  Could it be a hardware problem that only Linux
> tickles?  I'm sure if the in kernel e1000 driver caused a hang on the
> T60, it would have been mentioned previously on this list.

Yes, Linux does some stuff Windows doesn't, which includes MSI/MSIX
interrupts.  It also programs the APICs and bridges differently.

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