From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jarek Poplawski Subject: Re: 2.6.20->2.6.21 - networking dies after random time Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:50:07 +0200 Message-ID: <20070619055007.GB1649@ff.dom.local> References: <4bacf17f0706161435g1bb7c08bpd427901f64d57fa@mail.gmail.com> <20070618110849.GA2450@ff.dom.local> <20070618081000.14da5186@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Marcin =?iso-8859-2?Q?=A6lusarz?= , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-net@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Stephen Hemminger Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070618081000.14da5186@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-net-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 08:10:00AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:08:49 +0200 > Jarek Poplawski wrote: > > > On 16-06-2007 23:35, Marcin .lusarz wrote: > > > hi > > > after upgrading kernel from 2.6.20 to 2.6.21.3 i'm experiencing really > > > strange problem - my _both_ network cards dies after random uptime - > > > sometimes it's a few minutes, sometimes hours, sometimes it does not > > > happen for a couple of days... > > > today it happened for the first time without nvidia module and almost > > > immediately after system start > > > > > > here is the output of some commands which might help debug this: ... > > It looks like skge driver enables different device than probbed. > > Maybe you've something old/wrong about eth0/eth1 in /etc configs? > > More likely it is just user level device renaming. Most distro's > rename devices (if needed) using udev. On the other hand it's interesting, why it's not always, and why sometimes it took so long? Jarek P.