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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 16:11:51 +0000 From: "Daniel J Blueman" <daniel.blueman@...il.com> To: jclark@...ricsystems.com Cc: "Linux Kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "Linux Netdev" <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: sky2 driver causes kernel crash as of 2.6.18.1 John Clark wrote: > I have been compiling kernels from 2.6.16.16 on to see if there is any > improvement > in the Sky2 driver. The most recent official kernel version, 2.6.18.1, > as of 10/31/06 > seems to still have problems. > > The crash debug splat indicates that the transmit routine was being > executed when > the final crash occured. But before the crash there were a series of > diagnostics from > the driver: > > NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth4: transmit time out > sky2 eth4: tx timeout > sky2 hardware hung? flushing > > messages. > > Is there any better driver in a 'unstable' kernel that someone has > tested sufficiently? > > Thanks > John Clark I've been using sky2 v1.9 (in eg linux-2.6.19-rc3) on two sky2 platforms, running 100s of gigabytes via NFSv4 and CIFS without problem. In earlier versions, I'd hit a race after a few GBs at high load; Stephen Hemminger has done a great job. -- Daniel J Blueman - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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