linux-kernel - Re: sky2 doesn't receive any packages after I ssh in via ipv6 and edit a file in vim (reproducable)

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Date:	Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:29:46 +0100
From:	"Daniel J Blueman" <daniel.blueman@...il.com>
To:	"Thomas Glanzmann" <sithglan@...d.uni-erlangen.de>
Cc:	"Linux Kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: sky2 doesn't receive any packages after I ssh in via ipv6 and edit a file in vim (reproducable)

Thomas Glanzmann wrote:
> Hello,
> I have the newest sky2 driver (with the newest fix in version 1.5)
> running on my intel mac mini running under legacy bios modus. However if
> I ssh in via IPv6 and start vim in the shell to edit a file the sky2
> network adapter stops to work. This is reproducable. A friend of mine
> thought that maybe the IPv6 code doesn't request the right checksum. But
> I have no clue if it is related to this. I can give access to the
> machine via ssh (including root) if someone is willing to track this
> down. I have a userland programming running which reboots the machine if
> the network connectivity is lost. At least this one is reliable. If
> noone wants a shell account maybe someone can guide me through
> debugging and tracking this down.
>
> (mini) [/var/log] grep sky2 kern.log
> Aug 20 20:52:10 mini kernel: sky2 v1.5 addr 0x90200000 irq 17 Yukon-EC (0xb6) rev 2
> Aug 20 20:52:10 mini kernel: sky2 eth0: addr 00:16:cb:a3:91:3c
> Aug 20 20:52:12 mini kernel: sky2 eth0: enabling interface
> Aug 20 20:52:12 mini kernel: sky2 eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both
> Aug 20 21:01:34 mini kernel: sky2 eth0: hw error interrupt status 0x30
[snip]

I am experiencing other sky2 issues which I can workaround by:

# ethtool -K eth0 rx off

It would be interesting if you can see if this, or other features being
disabled works around your issue, eg:

# ethtool -K eth0 tx off
and:
# ethtool -K eth0 txo off

Dan
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Daniel J Blueman
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