On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:09:12 +0200 Sasa Ostrouska <sasa.ostrouska@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 07:42 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > 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. > > Many thanks Stephen, > > Do you know which is a previous working kernel version ? The problem has always been there. - 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
