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* 3.4.4 r8169 weirdness
@ 2012-07-09 17:24 Udo van den Heuvel
  2012-07-09 20:28 ` Francois Romieu
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Udo van den Heuvel @ 2012-07-09 17:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel

Hello,

Ever since 3.4.4 I see lots more of:
Jul  9 19:08:01 box4 kernel: r8169 0000:03:00.0: eth0: link up
Jul  9 19:10:07 box4 kernel: r8169 0000:03:00.0: eth0: link up
Jul  9 19:16:44 box4 kernel: r8169 0000:03:00.0: eth0: link up
Jul  9 19:17:07 box4 kernel: r8169 0000:03:00.0: eth0: link up
Jul  9 19:17:49 box4 kernel: r8169 0000:03:00.0: eth0: link up
Jul  9 19:18:13 box4 kernel: r8169 0000:03:00.0: eth0: link up
Jul  9 19:18:43 box4 kernel: r8169 0000:03:00.0: eth0: link up
(etc, etc)

(without jigglin' the ethernet cable)

Is my hardware dying or is it the kernel?
A different ethernet switch didn't help....

Kind regards,
Udo

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* Re: 3.4.4 r8169 weirdness
  2012-07-09 17:24 3.4.4 r8169 weirdness Udo van den Heuvel
@ 2012-07-09 20:28 ` Francois Romieu
  2012-07-10 15:21   ` Udo van den Heuvel
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Francois Romieu @ 2012-07-09 20:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Udo van den Heuvel; +Cc: linux-kernel

Udo van den Heuvel <udovdh@xs4all.nl> :
[...]
> Is my hardware dying or is it the kernel?

Try adding eb2dc35d99028b698cdedba4f5522bc43e576bd2 if you own a 8168evl.

If you don't, try reverting 036dafa28da1e2565a8529de2ae663c37b7a0060.

-- 
Ueimor

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* Re: 3.4.4 r8169 weirdness
  2012-07-09 20:28 ` Francois Romieu
@ 2012-07-10 15:21   ` Udo van den Heuvel
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Udo van den Heuvel @ 2012-07-10 15:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Francois Romieu; +Cc: linux-kernel

On 2012-07-09 22:28, Francois Romieu wrote:
> Udo van den Heuvel <udovdh@xs4all.nl> :
> [...]
>> Is my hardware dying or is it the kernel?
> 
> Try adding eb2dc35d99028b698cdedba4f5522bc43e576bd2 if you own a 8168evl.
> 
> If you don't, try reverting 036dafa28da1e2565a8529de2ae663c37b7a0060.

Reverting 036dafa28da1e2565a8529de2ae663c37b7a0060 appears to have a
positive effect but it needs more time (few hours) to be sure.

Thanks,
Udo




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