Re: [Xen-users] "netdev watchdog" error and non-working sis900 networkcard - solution

[henning <henning_sprang@xxxxxx>]

Ian Pratt wrote:
> [...]
> Xen and Linux must agree on whether they're using the ioapic/acpi or
> not. If the apci= parameter goes on the xen command line, xen will also
> add it to Linux's.
>
> Using acpi=off is far from ideal -- its much better to use an ioapic if
> you have one.
>   
Is ioapic just another word for acpi?

> [...]
> Was you're problem that the network failed intermittently when allowing
> the ioapic to be used? If so, I'm very interested. If it was just that
> it didn't work at all then that suggests a bios bug (possibly solveable
> by an upgrade), and isn't a big deal.
>
>   
The network card was shown in "ifconfig" after putting it up. But it 
neither got any dhcp messages and couldn't be assigned an IP address, 
any try to access it, e.g. with ifconfig results in the "netdev 
watchdog" errors mentioned (see the diffs). So it looks like it's not 
working at all, not just intermittently.
I'll see if I can get a BIOS upgrade, or just live with it as it's only 
a testing machine which doesn't have to do anything especially reliable.

Thanks for the information.
Henning

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