RHINE-II network card fails

[Vinay Augustine]

Binary package hint: linux-source-2.6.22

I have an Asus A8V-XE with a Via VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 7c) network card. The card worked fine at first, but now I'm seeing the following repeatedly in dmesg.

eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
eth0: Transmit timed out, status 0002, PHY status 786d, resetting...

The machine no longer has network access. Output of dmesg & lspci to be attached.

[fran cook (fmccook)]

I've had the same experience using an Asus A8V-XE w/Via VT6102.

Messages Log:
Dec 9 17:07:27 ofm kernel: [ 4322.000000] NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
Dec 9 17:07:27 ofm kernel: [ 4322.000000] eth0: Transmit timed out, status 0003, PHY status 786d, resetting...
Dec 9 17:07:27 ofm kernel: [ 4322.000000] eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1
Dec 9 17:07:39 ofm kernel: [ 4334.000000] NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
Dec 9 17:07:39 ofm kernel: [ 4334.000000] eth0: Transmit timed out, status 0003, PHY status 786d, resetting...
Dec 9 17:07:39 ofm kernel: [ 4334.000000] eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1

I have tried stopping and starting networking which failed to fetch an address from the dhcp server.
When I cold-boot, the network connection is re-established for a varying period of time.

I have now created a fixed address (not using dhcp). I'll post the results.

[fran cook (fmccook)]

Reviewing kern.log I found a message:
Dec 9 09:49:54 ofm kernel: [ 3445.048000] irq 24: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)

I added 'irqpoll' to the 'kernel' line of menu.lst
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/boot/grub/menu.lst
title Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=fc31caf3-554d-4de2-a6ae-8a216da10640 ro quiet splash irqpoll
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
quiet
-------
The network adapter has been working normally ever since. Hope this helps...

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

The Hardy Heron Alpha2 release will be coming out soon. It will have an updated version of the kernel. It would be great if you could test with this new release and verify if this issue still exists. I'll be sure to update this report when Alpha2 is available. Thanks!

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

I'm opened a new task against the actively developed kernel. However, because of the workaround mentioned, I'm closing the report against linux-source-2.6.22 as it does not meet the criteria for a stable release update. You can learn more about the stable release update process at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates . Thanks!

[Vinay Augustine (v)]

Unfortunately, I had a number of other severe problems with this motherboard, and ended up returning it; I no longer have one to test this with.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Thanks Vinay,

Per your last comment, I'm going to close this report for now. Please feel free to report any future bugs you may find. It is much appreciated. Thanks.