Re: PROBLEM: 2.6.23-rc "NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out"

From: Francois Romieu
Date: Mon Aug 13 2007 - 13:16:29 EST


(netdev Cced)

Karl Meyer <adhocrocker@xxxxxxxxx> :
[...]
> I am having trouble with the 2.6.23 kernel. With all versions since
> 2.6.23-rc1 I have trouble with my network connection. When using the
> network over a certain level (just browsing the web seems not to be
> enough) e.g. when installing packages over the nvsv4 share, all
> network stuff freezes for some time and syslog tells me:
> Aug 13 13:16:09 frege NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
> Aug 13 13:16:39 frege NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
> Aug 13 13:17:09 frege NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
> Aug 13 13:17:57 frege NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out

Can you:
- send a complete dmesg + /proc/interrupts + .config
- use git bisect to find a suspect changeset
I do not expect any change of behavior between 2.6.22 and
25805dcf9d83098cf5492117ad2669cd14cc9b24 if it can help you narrow
things down (assuming it is a r8169 regression).

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Ueimor
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