On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:14:23 +0200 Sasa Ostrouska <sasa.ostrouska@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi to al of you ! > > I use Slackware with the last 2.6.18 linux kernel on a sony vaio laptop. > Mylaptop ( VGN-SZ2VP ) has a Yukon Marvel ethernet card. On big loads > on the eth0 happens that the device gets disabled. I see the following > in my /var/log/messages: > > > Sep 25 13:23:46 localhost kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed > out > Sep 25 13:23:46 localhost kernel: sky2 status report lost? > Sep 25 13:23:51 localhost kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed > out > Sep 25 13:23:51 localhost kernel: sky2 status report lost? > Sep 25 13:23:54 localhost kernel: sky2 eth0: disabling interface > > This is very anoying as every time I want to print a photo or a bigger > file to my network printer it stops all the net. Happens also with > transferring big files by ftp or ssh. Limiting the trafic to something > about 200kb/s it works but not all the times. > > Can somebody propose a sollution or what can I do ? > > Many thanks for your time and best regards. > Sasa Ostrouska > > PS: Please cc me as I'm not on the list. thx The driver doesn't to transmit flow control correctly. There are patches going into 2.6.18.1 and more in 2.6.19 when it gets merged. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
