linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.27.2: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (r8169): transmit timed out

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Date:	Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:40:38 -0200
From:	Joao Luis Meloni Assirati <assirati@...ada.if.usp.br>
To:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.27.2: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (r8169): transmit timed out

Hi François,

I tried to apply your patches (against 2.6.27.2) but they failed. I am sending 
attached the rejects.

My previous report was a bit inaccurate. The network card failure are not 
constant, but random (something like 20% of the boots). Therefore It may be 
the case that this network card does not an updated driver because of this 
and because I disabled CONFIG_IRQBALANCE and the problem seems to be fixed 
now. (Does CONFIG_IRQBALANCE make sense with hyperthreading instead of a real 
smp?) I will continue to test and report if something happens. If I can help 
you with further testing, please contact me.

Best regards,
João Luis.

On Monday 20 October 2008 18:13:06 Francois Romieu wrote:
> Joao Luis Meloni Assirati <assirati@...ada.if.usp.br> :
> [...]
>
> > I am having some kernel messages in my Acer Aspire One under Linux
> > 2.6.27.2, followed by network-manager crashes. Below are the messages and
> > my kernel config.
> >
> > Please, CC me as I am not subscribed to the list.
>
> I am not completely sure but it could be that your laptop includes
> a kind of 8102 ethernet chipset which needs a post 2.6.27 kernel.
>
> Can you try current 2.6.27 git kernel + the patches at:
>
> http://userweb.kernel.org/~romieu/r8169/2.6.27-git8/20081020
>
> A dmesg of the patched kernel will be welcome.

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