Re: usage of RealTek 8169 crashes my Linux system

Jeff Garzik
2004-03-28T20:37:58Z

Bernd Fuhrmann wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm using a RealTek 8169 1000MBit NIC. However, whenever larger amounts
> of data are being transfered (copying files through smb for instance)
> Linux crashes. It happens after 10MB-100MB transferred data so it's
> never as stable as it should be. The whole System runs fine as long as
> that Realtek 8169 NIC is not used (by transferring data through it).
> When it crashes there is no entry for that event in kern.log and the
> system just hangs.
>
> I'm using:
> Linux 2.6.4
> gcc 3.3.3
> 2X Athlon MP 2600 Mhz
> Tyan Tiger S2466N-4M Dual / AMD760MPX
> 2x 512MB ECC/REG Infineon DDR PC266 RAM
> Debian (unstable)
>
> Any idea how to fix it? Is that driver getting stable in the next months
> or are there obstacles that should make me buy a different NIC (like
> missing docs for that chipset and stuff like that)?

Does Andrew Morton's -mm patches fix it for you?

Jeff