From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754586AbXIHRnj (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Sep 2007 13:43:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754029AbXIHRnc (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Sep 2007 13:43:32 -0400 Received: from mail.tmr.com ([64.65.253.246]:43534 "EHLO gaimboi.tmr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753979AbXIHRnb (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Sep 2007 13:43:31 -0400 Message-ID: <46E2DF74.7040307@tmr.com> Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:44:20 -0400 From: Bill Davidsen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.8) Gecko/20061105 SeaMonkey/1.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: James Corey CC: Stephen Hemminger , Rob Sims , Adrian Bunk , Kyle Rose , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: sk98lin for 2.6.23-rc1 References: <20070905102230.10b0bdcf@oldman> <782111.42803.qm@web90413.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <782111.42803.qm@web90413.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org James Corey wrote: > --- Stephen Hemminger > wrote: > >> On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:01:30 -0600 >> Rob Sims wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 06:57:01PM +0200, Adrian >> Bunk wrote: >> The only known outstanding problems on 2.62.22.6 of >> sky2 are: >> * problems with fibre PHY based systems >> * suspend/resume issues, missing multicast >> reinitalization, etc. >> The previous stability problems have been addressed. > > I pretty much agree with everything said, including > the part about the sky2 people working hard on it. I > have noticed several bugs fixed recently in the driver > source. > > However, it really DOES lock up under load. I even > tried 2.6.23-rc4 and the absolute latest version of > the > driver and it still locks up, as in > > eth1: hw csum failure. > I checnged from the sk98lin to the previous driver Adrian said was the "right one," skge IIRC. Then he started pushing sky2, and I tried that. Like you I get hangs, but unlike you the system doesn't hang, just the NIC. No errors, warnings, and reboot fixes it. Acts as if the cable were pulled. That was with 2.6.22.5 (or so), dropped back to an old kernel with sk98lin, previously had uptimes in three digit days. Up for a week or so now. Haven't tried later kernels, don't intend to, while no network is really secure, it not really useful. -- Bill Davidsen "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot