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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: machine crashing, what panic: free means?
To: lmcsato@lmc.ericsson.se (Samy Touati)
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> I have version 2.1.
> I noticed that this happens when a lot of traffic is on the ethernet 
> card, and these packets need to be redirected to the serial port at 
> 115200 bauds.
> Could this bug be related to the CPU or the board being slow, for the 
> packets throuput.

It could be.  Analyze the crash dump to locate the problem, and
you'll be able to tell me.  8-).

Otherwise, Joerg suggested that you update to 2.1.5 and hope it's been
fixed, either on purpose, or because it was a side effect of something
else that was fixed.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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