From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jens Stroebel Subject: r8169: 2.6.22rc6+patches works, but 2.6.21.5 and 2.6.22rc6 without patches->network transfer blocking Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:08:35 +0200 Message-ID: <4683F923.80508@bcsoft.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: romieu@fr.zoreil.com To: netdev list Return-path: Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.177]:56223 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755072AbXF1SIl (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:08:41 -0400 Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Hello. The hardware involved: Motherboard: Asus P5B lspci: 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01) First the non-working scenario (2.6.21.5, 2.6.22rc6 unpatched): During the use of network connections, we experience "network transfer stops" during which a transfer seems to stall completely for many seconds, after which the transfer runs as if nothing happened. This is reproducable everytime w. svn co http://svnserver/svn/tree (hangs VERY LONG) Now with all patches under http://www.fr.zoreil.com/linux/kernel/2.6.x/2.6.22-rc3/r8169-20070527/ and the single patch http://www.fr.zoreil.com/people/francois/misc/20070619-2.6.22-rc5-r8169-test.patch the problem is gone. Without the single patch, the problem persists. Is there any possibility to get this fix working in 2.6.21.5? Would it be possible to apply the single patch to 2.6.21.5 and get a working driver? Or would it be possible to create the fixing patch for the driver in 2.6.21.5? Greets, Jens -- drifter@bcsoft.de 23.....56.......drifting By caffeine alone I set my mind in motion, By the beans of Java do thoughts acquire speed, hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning, By caffeine alone do I set my mind in motion