On Tue, 2020-08-25 at 13:06 +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote: > I don't see how the improvement to the r8169 driver and the issues deep > in the network stack should be related. Was the referenced r8169 commit > result of a bisect? Nope, just a best guess. It takes some hours to hit the issue and most of the time there is no trace, just a frozen OS. > The Debian kernel may include additional Distro-specific patches. > I'd recommend re-testing with mainline kernels. > > Also 4.19 has been out for quite some time and boards with r8169-driven > chips are very common (basically every consumer mainboard). In case of a > general driver issue I'd expect to have received more such reports. > Do you use any special network features on your system? mhm, ... maybe a bit unusual load: a lot of tftp, NFS and KVM. That's the first time I'm using a distro kernel. I guess I'll just dial back and stick to backing mainline again. Thanks -- Christoph
