Re: PROBLEM: 2.6.23-rc "NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out"

(netdev Cced)

Karl Meyer [off-list ref] :
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I am having trouble with the 2.6.23 kernel. With all versions since
2.6.23-rc1 I have trouble with my network connection. When using the
network over a certain level (just browsing the web seems not to be
enough) e.g. when installing packages over the nvsv4 share, all
network stuff freezes for some time and syslog tells me:
Aug 13 13:16:09 frege NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
Aug 13 13:16:39 frege NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
Aug 13 13:17:09 frege NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
Aug 13 13:17:57 frege NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out

Can you:
- send a complete dmesg + /proc/interrupts + .config
- use git bisect to find a suspect changeset
  I do not expect any change of behavior between 2.6.22 and
  25805dcf9d83098cf5492117ad2669cd14cc9b24 if it can help you narrow
  things down (assuming it is a r8169 regression).

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Ueimor