sky2 driver stalls
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
linux-source-2.6.17 (Baltix) |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
linux-source-2.6.17 (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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High
|
Unassigned | ||
linux-source-2.6.20 (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: linux-image-
Hi,
In my sony vaio sz2hp, booting with 2.6.17-10 loads the sky2 driver, which stops transmitting after a relatively short time, even with a small load. My mileage varies...
However, if I boot with 2.6.17-7, the sk98lin driver is loaded instead and the network card works fine (or so I perceive).
Here goes the relevant section of lspci -vv, taken with 2.6.17-7 (with which I can actually access the network):
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8036 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
Subsystem: Sony Corporation Unknown device 81e6
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR+ <PERR-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 185
Region 0: Memory at d8000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Region 2: I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
Changed in linux-source-2.6.17: | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
Changed in linux-source-2.6.17: | |
assignee: | nobody → ubuntu-kernel-team |
Changed in linux-source-2.6.17: | |
status: | New → Won't Fix |
Changed in linux-source-2.6.17: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Won't Fix |
This is also an issue with the 88E8053 chipset used in the Intel Macs:
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 22)
The sky2 driver dies periodically, requiring an `ifdown eth0; ifup eth0` to resume the network.
According to various sources, such as:
http:// www.gnegg. ch/categories/ 11-Unix
this has been fixed in later versions of the kernel. Is this perhaps fixed in a later version of the 2.6.17 kernel, and if so can Edgy get a kernel update?? I also had this issue with Dapper on an Intel Mac Mini.