Comment 7 for bug 404708

I have a similar problem. I can't even run aptitude update without the driver failing.

If I switch off rx and tx with ethtool, then the everything works flawlessly, even with heavy loads.

I didn't use to have this problem with Jaunty.

eitch@eitchpad:~$ dpkg -s linux-generic | grep -E -e ^Version
Version: 2.6.31.20.33

eitch@eitchpad:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10

*-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
             resources: irq:24 ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:f0200000-f02fffff ioport:f0000000(size=1048576)
           *-network
                description: Ethernet interface
                product: NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express
                vendor: Broadcom Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
                logical name: eth0
                version: 02
                serial: 00:23:8b:49:db:17
                size: 100MB/s
                capacity: 100MB/s
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
                configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.99 duplex=full firmware=sb v3.04 ip=10.0.0.65 latency=0