apic errors / interface crash on tyan 200t

["Peter Lieven" <pl@dlh.net>]

i recently installed a new debian box (kernel 2.4.18smp) on a tyan200t

with 2 p3 1ghz cpus.

the box is one of our customer routers and runs iptables to trace the traffic

on several ips. the two onbard intel ethernet interfaces are connected

one to the backbone, the other to the customer switches.

 

the problem is, that the bos runs into serval kernel apic errors and sometimes

when the load gets higher the second interface crashes and becomes unusable.

the only solution i found for this is disabling apic at all. the box runs stable

so far, but the second cpu idles at 99,9%. this is not the way i want it to go.

 

does anyone now about an other way to fix this problem. bios update, kernel

patch, some other hack, special apic configuration, additional network cards?

 

your help would be much appreciated,

 

thanks

peter