sky2 (was Re: 2.6.18-mm2)

[Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>]

Andrew Morton wrote:
> Another customer..
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:44:01 +0200
> From: Matthias Hentges <oe@hentges.net>
> To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: 2.6.18-mm2
> 
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I've just tested -mm2 on my C2D system and I'm getting a lot of these
> messages:
> 
> "[  139.143807] printk: 131 messages suppressed.
> [  139.148235] sky2 0000:03:00.0: pci express error (0x500547)"
> 
> Please note that the "sky2" driver has always been the black sheep on
> that system due to regular full lock-ups of the driver, requiring a
> rmmod sky2 + modprobe sky2 cycle.
> 
> This happens often enough to warrant writing a cronjob checking the
> network and auto-rmmod'ing the module.....
> 
> While the above is bloody annoying at times (heh), the driver never
> caused any messages like the ones I now get with -mm2 .

sky2 just turned on PCI Express error reporting, so it makes sense that 
messages would appear.  The better question is whether this is a driver 
problem, or a hardware problem.  With your "black sheep" comment, I 
wonder if it isn't a hardware problem that's been hidden.

	Jeff