linux-kernel - Re: [3.8-rc] regression: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (r8169): transmit queue 0 timed out

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Message-ID: <20130207004635.GA4025@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com>
Date:	Thu, 7 Feb 2013 01:46:35 +0100
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	Jörg Otte <jrg.otte@...il.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [3.8-rc] regression: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (r8169): transmit queue 0 timed out

Jörg Otte <jrg.otte@...il.com> :
[...]
> To Summarize: Two net-regressions where introduced in v3.8 (driver r8169):
> 
> 1) NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (r8169): transmit queue 0 timed out
> was introduced by commit
> e0c075577965d1c01b30038d38bf637b027a1df3
> ("r8169: enable ALDPS for power saving")

Hayes Wang <hayeswang@...ltek.com> authored it. You should ask him
why commit e0c075577965d1c01b30038d38bf637b027a1df3 sometimes chokes
with the 8168evl. 

And you can ask him if there is a chance that the non-8168evl that are
handled by the patch (mis-)behave the same too.

-- 
Ueimor
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