From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: skge and sky2 stop working after a few minutes. Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:17:13 -0400 Message-ID: <20070816091713.66c1d147@oldman> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: =?UTF-8?B?U8OpYmFzdGllbg==?= Judenherc Return-path: Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:49873 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757402AbXHPNQo convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:16:44 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:20:37 +0000 (UTC) S=C3=A9bastien Judenherc wrote: > Hello, > I can see some very strange problem with sky2 and skge interfaces wit= h 2.6.22, > and also 2.6.23-rc2/3. > After 8-9 minutes, the interfaces stop working. ethtool reports that = the link is > down and the only way to make the interfaces usable again is > removing/reinserting the module or running ethtool -r. > This occurs for both sky2 and skge for two PCs connected to a gigabit= switch. > The other PCs on the same switch continue to work fine (most are 100M= bit/s). It > also occurs on a third PC with skge, directly connected to a 100Mbit/= s interface > over a cross over cable. I didn't notice the problem with 2.6.19. >=20 Looks like some noise sensitivity in the PHY. Could you try the vendor = sk98lin driver, although all drivers use the same phy settings.