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Re: pppd on an old 386: IRQ: I connect to the isp




----- Original Message -----
From: guy keren <choo@actcom.co.il>
To: Ami Bizamcher <ami@start.co.il>
Cc: Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir@technion.ac.il>; <linux-il@linux.org.il>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: pppd on an old 386: IRQ: I connect to the isp


>
> ami, please _READ_ the letter matan sent you, and try to do what _he_
> asked you to do, because its the _right thing_ to do. IRQ problems might
> make programs look as if they work fine, while they work sub-optimally,
> and that'll show up with more demanding programs (and pppd is more
> demanding then minicom, in this respect). i'm keeping here the quote from
> matan's letter, so you won't have to go far to look for it.
>
> your report should contain the output of "cat /proc/interrupts" before you
> start minicom, after you start it, after you dial, and after you
> login to your ISP, and after you disconnect. that is, 5 'cat' commands,
> with their full output.
>
> > > On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, Matan Ziv-Av wrote:
> > >
> > > > tty01 should obviously be the modem.
> > > > To see if the modem really generates interrupts where the system
> > > > expects run minicom then cat /proc/interrupts in another console,
then
> > > > login to the ISP, and cat /proc/interrupts again, to see if the
number
> > > > of interrupt 3 handled rises as expected.
>
>

I will do as you said, I just skipped his letter by mistake and didnt read
it ;)

--Ami Bizamcher.


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