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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: NIU - Sun Neptune 10g - Transmit timed out reset (2.6.24)
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From: Jesper Krogh <jesper@krogh.cc>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 13:01:08 +0200

> Any good suggestions about the "Transmit timed out" messages. It
> currently leads to a system that "doesnt die" but doesnt respond within
> 15 minutes of load of the network adapter.

It's likely some bug in the driver that hangs the card for whatever
reason, which we'll need to work out.

> Does the high amount of Context-switches (120.000+ have any influence)?

Unlikely.

> Should I be able to use TSO?

NIU doesn't support TSO.