From: Kjun Chen <kjun-chen@sambodha.org>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: romieu@fr.zoreil.com, nic_swsd@realtek.com
Subject: r8169 hard-freezes the system on big network loads
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 13:08:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201108141308.28140.kjun-chen@sambodha.org> (raw)
Hi,
as I have mentioned to linux-kernel, this is perfectly reproducible: receiving
70 MB/s or more freezes my laptop (Dell Vostro, amd64, 6 GB RAM, 8x Intel Core
i7 CPU Q 740 @ 1.73GHz) completely, sometimes within seconds, sometimes only
after a minute.
Watching the normal console I get loads of
r8169 0000:13:00.0: eth0: link up
r8169 0000:13:00.0: eth0: link up
[...]
one message about every 1-2 seconds (sometimes even 2 per second) while
network is active on 2.6.37.6. Up to the latest kernel (3.0.1) this freeze
happens. However, 2.6.32.28 works with no problems, and it doesn't show those
"eth0: link up" messages. I haven't tried kernels between .32 and .37.
lspci says:
13:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI
Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)
The solution with 2.6.37 and above: use the r8168 module from the realtek
website. I have tested it with >30 GB at rates of 112 MB/s and experienced no
freezes anymore.
If you need any other information or help, please let me know.
cheers,
Michael
--
Sambodha: The Return of True Self-Knowledge
next reply other threads:[~2011-08-14 11:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-14 11:08 Kjun Chen [this message]
2011-08-21 12:33 ` r8169 hard-freezes the system on big network loads Francois Romieu
2011-08-21 13:20 ` Michael Brade
2011-08-21 22:11 ` Francois Romieu
2011-08-23 13:17 ` Francois Romieu
2011-09-11 20:16 ` Michael Brade
2011-09-13 8:11 ` Francois Romieu
2011-09-14 21:36 ` Michael Brade
2011-09-15 0:03 ` Francois Romieu
2011-09-15 10:26 ` Michael Brade
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