Can you recommend which PPC platform works best under 2.4.X (i.e. which
should I buy) and best under RTLinux V3.X?
Robert Kavaler
> The gmac and bmac drivers for vanilla linux (no RTLinux) under 2.4.X are in
> really really bad shape. They'll show the same behavior without RTL.
>
> Ben, Paul and myself are occasionally working on it but the gmac/bmac
> don't have real maintainers so fixes may not be soon.
>
> } I am running RTLinux (V3.0pre7, with a 2.4-test1 kernel) on an Apple G3,
> } and I am regularly getting network lockups. Everything else works fine,
> } but I have to make an ifconfig down and up to get the network back. I
> } first thought that our code was responsible for this, since we would
> } always get that problem as soon as we ran it, but after doing some
> } testing, it appears that the same thing occurs when nothing else than
> } the RTLinux modules is loaded. It only takes much more time for the
> } network to go down, whereas our application crashes the network
> } immediately.
> } Our code (at least the relevant part) forwards packets to and from a
> } Linux socket and into an RT task.
> }
> } Does anyone know what could cause such a behavior?
> }
> } Thanks,
> }
> } Yannick
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