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

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Message-Id: <1160314905.4575.21.camel@mhcln03>
Date:	Sun, 08 Oct 2006 15:41:45 +0200
From:	Matthias Hentges <oe@...tges.net>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...l.org>
Cc:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: sky2 (was Re: 2.6.18-mm2)

Hi Stephen,

I believe I have identified the problem. The freeze only happens when
your debug patch to work around sky2 PCIe error messages is applied.
Without your patch (attached) I get _tons_ of error messages and the NIC
dies every few seconds / minutes (reproduceable!), but the system
recovers just fine from a NIC crash.

I have verified this behavior (works fine w/o debug patch, freezes with
patch applied) with:
- 2.6.19-rc1-git4 
- 2.6.18-git something 
- 2.6.18-mm3

-- 
Matthias 'CoreDump' Hentges 

My OS: Debian SID. Geek by Nature, Linux by Choice

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