linux-kernel - Re: [REGRESSION] 2.6.24-rc7: e1000: Detected Tx Unit Hang

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Date:	Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:04:09 +0100
From:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [REGRESSION] 2.6.24-rc7: e1000: Detected Tx Unit Hang

On Tuesday 15 January 2008, David Miller wrote:
> From: Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
> > kernel: e1000: eth0: e1000_clean_tx_irq: Detected Tx Unit Hang
>
> Does this make the problem go away?

Yes, it very much looks like that solves it.
I ran with the patch for 6 hours or so without any errors. I then switched 
back to an unpatched kernel and they reappeared immediately.

> (Note this isn't the final correct patch we should apply.  There
>  is no reason why this revert back to the older ->poll() logic
>  here should have any effect on the TX hang triggering...)

s/no reason/no obvious reason/ ? ;-)

Cheers,
FJP
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