linux-kernel - Re: Oops with Gigabyte motherboard "GA-X48-DQ6" and r8168 Realtek driver

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Message-ID: <4967DE52.3040709@rs-labs.com>
Date:	Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:31:30 +0100
From:	Roman Medina-Heigl Hernandez <roman@...labs.com>
To:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Oops with Gigabyte motherboard "GA-X48-DQ6" and r8168 Realtek
 driver


Frans Pop escribió:
> Roman Medina-Heigl Hernandez wrote:
>> It includes two RTL8111/8168B NICs, which seem the cause of the kernel
>> crashes (*but I'm not sure*)..., a Quad core, 4GB RAM and two 500GB HDs.
>>
>> I installed Debian Linux (4.0) on it and I'm getting *kernel panic*
>> errors (r8168 module) when set to production state. I couldn't get any
>> kernel debug messages since I'm using Debian stock kernel
>> (2.6.18-6-686-bigmem) and I'm not a kernel hacker either.
> 
> Have you tried the 2.6.24 kernel that is available for Debian Etch? That 
> seems to me the most logical thing to try first as a possible solution.

I didn't (although I thought of it). It seems to me like a blind attempt
and the problem is that I cannot afford to waste another "production
attempt" and that I cannot reproduce the crash whenever I want, so if I
upgrade I'll not be able to know whether the problem is fixed or not until
I got a new crash (or not). Moreover, if the root cause of the problem is
r8168 driver, it will crash in both cases (the driver doesn't change, it's
compiled from source by me).

Anyway, it's a good idea, I'll see if I have a new changes' window. Thank you.

-- 

Saludos,
-Roman

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