From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lance Lassetter Subject: [lancelassetter@gmail.com: r8169 with 3.9.0-rc9] Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:16:37 -0500 Message-ID: <20130426191635.GA26727@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mail-yh0-f49.google.com ([209.85.213.49]:40280 "EHLO mail-yh0-f49.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757499Ab3DZTQl (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:16:41 -0400 Received: by mail-yh0-f49.google.com with SMTP id i7so121985yha.36 for ; Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:16:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gmail.com (99-95-76-71.lightspeed.nworla.sbcglobal.net. [99.95.76.71]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id m30sm5740542yhi.11.2013.04.26.12.16.39 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:16:40 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: from logwatch... this is a problem... Kernel 22 Time(s): r8169 0000:03:00.0 p10p1: link down 21 Time(s): r8169 0000:03:00.0 p10p1: link up 26 Time(s): r8169 0000:04:09.0 p8p1: link down 25 Time(s): r8169 0000:04:09.0 p8p1: link up ----- Forwarded message from Lance Lassetter = ----- Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:23:02 -0500 =46rom: Lance Lassetter To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: r8169 with 3.9.0-rc9 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) hello, i've exhausted my efforts to resolve this so i am sending you this emai= l in hopes you might shed some light on the problem. i have an onboard r8169 and a secondary pcie r8169 chipset gigabit ethe= rnet adapters. the link keeps sputtering with constant kernel messages (dmesg) of "lin= k up link down" the variant of linux is fedora 18 with testing branch enabled and fedor= a "vanilla" kernel with minimal fedora patchset taken from fedora vanil= la kernel repos as instructed on the fedora wiki. the reason for the development kernel is i hoped with this, this proble= m would be resolved. dmesg looks like: [52857.473520] r8169 0000:03:00.0 p10p1: link down [52859.763261] r8169 0000:03:00.0 p10p1: link up [52859.771250] r8169 0000:04:09.0 p8p1: link up [52917.512992] r8169 0000:04:09.0 p8p1: link down [52917.534918] r8169 0000:03:00.0 p10p1: link down [52919.846520] r8169 0000:04:09.0 p8p1: link up [52919.850411] r8169 0000:03:00.0 p10p1: link up [53977.329829] r8169 0000:03:00.0 p10p1: link down [53979.798396] r8169 0000:03:00.0 p10p1: link up [54087.331434] r8169 0000:03:00.0 p10p1: link down [54089.730198] r8169 0000:03:00.0 p10p1: link up etc.... the box serves as a network router so it is causing abundant network tr= affic problems. any debugging i could help you with, please let me know.=A0 also if the= re is a possible solution, please let me know. kind regards and i wish you the best, lance lassetter ----- End forwarded message -----