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Date:	Wed, 1 Aug 2012 21:24:55 +0200
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	George Spelvin <linux@...izon.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: v3.5: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (r8169): transmit queue 0 timed out

George Spelvin <linux@...izon.com> :
[...]
> There are a few local patches, but only two are anywhere close to the
> network interface, and they are test patches designed to fix this.
> Should I get rid of them?

It's up to you but I suggest that you keep them until there is something
better.

As long as the device recovers, you may try and lower the watchdog timeout
as well as increase the Tx ring size a bit (x2 or x4) to minimize the
annoyances.

-- 
Ueimor
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