linux-kernel - Re: sky2 (was Re: 2.6.18-mm2)

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Message-Id: <20060928162539.7d565d0a.akpm@osdl.org>
Date:	Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:25:39 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	oe@...tges.net, Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...l.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: sky2 (was Re: 2.6.18-mm2)

On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:07:05 -0400
Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> wrote:

> Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Another customer..
> > 
> > Begin forwarded message:
> > 
> > Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:44:01 +0200
> > From: Matthias Hentges <oe@...tges.net>
> > To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
> > Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> > Subject: Re: 2.6.18-mm2
> > 
> > 
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > I've just tested -mm2 on my C2D system and I'm getting a lot of these
> > messages:
> > 
> > "[  139.143807] printk: 131 messages suppressed.
> > [  139.148235] sky2 0000:03:00.0: pci express error (0x500547)"
> > 
> > Please note that the "sky2" driver has always been the black sheep on
> > that system due to regular full lock-ups of the driver, requiring a
> > rmmod sky2 + modprobe sky2 cycle.
> > 
> > This happens often enough to warrant writing a cronjob checking the
> > network and auto-rmmod'ing the module.....
> > 
> > While the above is bloody annoying at times (heh), the driver never
> > caused any messages like the ones I now get with -mm2 .
> 
> sky2 just turned on PCI Express error reporting, so it makes sense that 
> messages would appear.  The better question is whether this is a driver 
> problem, or a hardware problem.  With your "black sheep" comment, I 
> wonder if it isn't a hardware problem that's been hidden.
> 

See also http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7222

That's two reports in 18 hours, from amongst the presumably-small population
of sky2-owning -mm testers.
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