Comment 38 for bug 347711

Hi Nicolas,

Sorry to say, but i have not had the time to do an update as just jet, so i can not denny or confirm that the problem is solved in u9.10.

but i am sertanly going to do this a lot sooner now jou have reported that the problem was solved.

thanks for you feedback,

best Regards,

Dave.

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--- On Sun, 11/1/09, Nicolas Picard <email address hidden> wrote:

> From: Nicolas Picard <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 347711] Re: Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller Unstable on Jaunty
> To: <email address hidden>
> Date: Sunday, November 1, 2009, 6:32 AM
> Well, as expected, I upgraded from
> Jaunty to Karmic and that annoying
> problem is now gone. Data transferts no longer stop and
> time out. I'm
> using Intel D945GCLF2 board. So... is it fine on yours side
> ? I thinks
> that we can close that bug now.
>
> --
> Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
> controller Unstable on Jaunty
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/347711
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>
> Status in The Linux Kernel: Incomplete
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic
>
> Related to this bug:
>
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12411
>
> andres@testinserver1:~$ lsb_release -rd
> Description:    Ubuntu jaunty (development
> branch)
> Release:        9.04
>
> Mainboard/Processor: D945GCLF2 / Atom 330
>
> Network unstable on the latest kernel, worked fine on
> Intrepid Ibex.
> Network goes down even though mii-tool still says
> negotiated, appears to be related to the network
> driver/adapter which is:
>
> 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co.,
> Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
> (rev 02)
>
> Dmesg output
>
> [  284.816023] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> [  284.816032] WARNING: at
> /build/buildd/linux-2.6.28/net/sched/sch_generic.c:226
> dev_watchdog+0x219/0x230()
> [  284.816038] NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth2 (r8169): transmit
> timed out
> [  284.816042] Modules linked in: binfmt_misc i915 drm
> bridge stp bnep video output input_polldev smsc47m1
> smsc47m192 hwmon_vid i2c_i801 sbp2 ieee1394 lp snd_hda_intel
> snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm ppdev snd_seq_dummy
> snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support
> snd_rawmidi psmouse pcspkr snd_seq_midi_event serio_raw
> snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device parport_pc parport snd
> intel_agp soundcore snd_page_alloc agpgart usbhid
> usb_storage r8169 mii fbcon tileblit font bitblit
> softcursor
> [  284.816119] Pid: 4, comm: ksoftirqd/0 Not tainted
> 2.6.28-11-generic #37-Ubuntu
> [  284.816123] Call Trace:
> [  284.816135]  [<c0139a60>]
> warn_slowpath+0x60/0x80
> [  284.816143]  [<c0156873>] ?
> getnstimeofday+0x53/0x110
> [  284.816151]  [<c0119aa3>] ?
> lapic_next_event+0x13/0x20
> [  284.816158]  [<c0159aaa>] ?
> clockevents_program_event+0x9a/0x150
> [  284.816165]  [<c0156873>] ?
> getnstimeofday+0x53/0x110
> [  284.816172]  [<c02caded>] ?
> strlcpy+0x1d/0x60
> [  284.816180]  [<c04313b2>] ?
> netdev_drivername+0x32/0x40
> [  284.816186]  [<c0445f19>]
> dev_watchdog+0x219/0x230
> [  284.816193]  [<c0156873>] ?
> getnstimeofday+0x53/0x110
> [  284.816199]  [<c0119aa3>] ?
> lapic_next_event+0x13/0x20
> [  284.816206]  [<c0159aaa>] ?
> clockevents_program_event+0x9a/0x150
> [  284.816214]  [<c0143aa0>]
> run_timer_softirq+0x130/0x200
> [  284.816220]  [<c0445d00>] ?
> dev_watchdog+0x0/0x230
> [  284.816226]  [<c0445d00>] ?
> dev_watchdog+0x0/0x230
> [  284.816233]  [<c013f147>]
> __do_softirq+0x97/0x170
> [  284.816240]  [<c0152c36>] ?
> hrtimer_interrupt+0x186/0x1b0
> [  284.816246]  [<c013f27d>]
> do_softirq+0x5d/0x60
> [  284.816253]  [<c013f3f5>]
> irq_exit+0x55/0x90
> [  284.816259]  [<c011a0ab>]
> smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x5b/0x90
> [  284.816266]  [<c0105318>]
> apic_timer_interrupt+0x28/0x30
> [  284.816274]  [<c012f9ae>] ?
> finish_task_switch+0x2e/0xe0
> [  284.816281]  [<c050106a>]
> schedule+0x41a/0x710
> [  284.816288]  [<c013f35d>]
> ksoftirqd+0xdd/0x120
> [  284.816294]  [<c013f280>] ?
> ksoftirqd+0x0/0x120
> [  284.816300]  [<c014e8ac>]
> kthread+0x3c/0x70
> [  284.816306]  [<c014e870>] ?
> kthread+0x0/0x70
> [  284.816312]  [<c0105477>]
> kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10
> [  284.816317] ---[ end trace ebee70bd161e4e23 ]---
> [  284.832839] r8169: eth2: link up
> [  296.832701] r8169: eth2: link up
> [  321.016744] r8169: eth2: link up
> [  681.016709] r8169: eth2: link up
> [ 3231.016736] r8169: eth2: link up
>
> It's stable for one hour if i force to 100mbps full
> duplex.
>
> Other network gear working fine
>