Re: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)

Francois Romieu
2012-09-21T23:12:17Z

Thanasis <thanasis@asyr.hopto.org> :
> on 09/21/2012 11:29 PM Francois Romieu wrote the following:
[...]
> What message? What do you mean "the usual netdev watchdog message"?

No, this one (see your 3.5.4 kernel log):

[ 23.712058] WARNING: at net/sched/sch_generic.c:255 dev_watchdog+0x121/0x1a3(
)
[ 23.712062] Hardware name: AOA110
[ 23.712067] NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (r8169): transmit queue 0 timed out

[...]
> > Could you perform a test with your vendor's 3.2-something kernel and its
> > r8169 driver ?
> >
> The vendor's kernel was a 2.6 series.

You did experience a failure with a 3.5.4 kernel. Can you try a 3.2.x if
your vendor provides one ?

Thanks.

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Ueimor