Confirmed on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty), running 2.6.28-14-generic, tried kernel noapic option but that did not help. I am running an Intel D945GSEJT Mini-ITX board with Intel Atom N270 and Realtek Gigabit controller, lspci lists it as
This machine functions as a Samba filesharing server. When a user tries to copy large files from the server to their workstation the 'transmit timed out' message typically appears after 1.5-2GB or so, after which the client machine reports the file share is no longer available. It does come back automatically after about 5-20 seconds but file copying runs into the same issue even after this. The network is completely down when this happens, even SSH connections fail during this period.
Confirmed on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty), running 2.6.28-14-generic, tried kernel noapic option but that did not help. I am running an Intel D945GSEJT Mini-ITX board with Intel Atom N270 and Realtek Gigabit controller, lspci lists it as
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)
This machine functions as a Samba filesharing server. When a user tries to copy large files from the server to their workstation the 'transmit timed out' message typically appears after 1.5-2GB or so, after which the client machine reports the file share is no longer available. It does come back automatically after about 5-20 seconds but file copying runs into the same issue even after this. The network is completely down when this happens, even SSH connections fail during this period.