Comment 21 for bug 1510038

Running Mint18
uname -a
Linux Bobs-Mint18-PC 4.4.0-62-generic #83-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 18 14:10:15 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
lspci:
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 10)
 Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Killer E220x Gigabit Ethernet Controller
 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
 Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
 Region 0: Memory at fe200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
 Region 2: I/O ports at c000 [size=128]
 Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
  Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
  Status: D0 NoSoftRst+ PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
 Capabilities: [58] Express (v1) Endpoint, MSI 00
  DevCap: MaxPayload 4096 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s unlimited, L1 unlimited
   ExtTag- AttnBtn+ AttnInd+ PwrInd+ RBE+ FLReset-
  DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable+ Non-Fatal+ Fatal+ Unsupported+
   RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
   MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
  DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr+ FatalErr- UnsuppReq+ AuxPwr+ TransPend-
  LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Exit Latency L0s unlimited, L1 unlimited
   ClockPM+ Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot- ASPMOptComp-
  LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- CommClk+
   ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
  LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
 Capabilities: [c0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/16 Maskable+ 64bit+
  Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000
  Masking: ffff0000 Pending: 00000000
 Capabilities: [d8] MSI-X: Enable- Count=16 Masked-
  Vector table: BAR=0 offset=00002000
  PBA: BAR=0 offset=00003000
 Capabilities: [100 v1] Advanced Error Reporting
  UESta: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO+ CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
  UEMsk: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
  UESvrt: DLP- SDES+ TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
  CESta: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr-
  CEMsk: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr+
  AERCap: First Error Pointer: 0e, GenCap+ CGenEn- ChkCap+ ChkEn-
 Capabilities: [180 v1] Device Serial Number ff-01-7c-ae-1c-1b-0d-ff
 Kernel driver in use: alx
 Kernel modules: alx

Wants to fill up my logs:
  277.294499] alx 0000:06:00.0 enp6s0: fatal interrupt 0x200, resetting
[ 277.296155] alx 0000:06:00.0 enp6s0: NIC Up: 1 Gbps Full
and on and on and on...
I have to do an 'ifconfig eth0 down' to stop it.