network device fails in kernel 2.6.28-11-server with NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (r8169): transmit timed out

[Konstantin]

Ethernet controller Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 02) fails on Ubuntu 9.04 Server with kernel 2.6.28-11-server

May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010024] ------------[ cut here ]------------
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010033] WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.28/net/sched/sch_generic.c:226 dev_watchdog+0x270/0x280()
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010039] NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (r8169): transmit timed out
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010043] Modules linked in: video output input_polldev lp ppdev psmouse pcspkr iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support serio_raw snd_hda_intel snd_pcm snd_timer parport_pc parport snd soundcore intel_agp snd_page_alloc xfs r8169 mii raid10 raid456 async_xor async_memcpy async_tx xor raid1 raid0 multipath linear fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010106] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.28-11-server #42-Ubuntu
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010111] Call Trace:
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010115] <IRQ> [<ffffffff80250927>] warn_slowpath+0xb7/0xf0
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010133] [<ffffffff80416a2a>] ? __next_cpu+0x1a/0x30
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010140] [<ffffffff802476dc>] ? find_busiest_group+0x1dc/0x9a0
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010149] [<ffffffff8026e61c>] ? sched_clock_cpu+0xcc/0x160
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010158] [<ffffffff802199e6>] ? read_tsc+0x16/0x40
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010166] [<ffffffff802708b9>] ? getnstimeofday+0x59/0xe0
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010174] [<ffffffff8041cd0a>] ? strlcpy+0x4a/0x60
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010180] [<ffffffff805caf70>] dev_watchdog+0x270/0x280
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010187] [<ffffffff8026e61c>] ? sched_clock_cpu+0xcc/0x160
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010194] [<ffffffff802199e6>] ? read_tsc+0x16/0x40
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010201] [<ffffffff805cad00>] ? dev_watchdog+0x0/0x280
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010209] [<ffffffff8025bdf9>] run_timer_softirq+0x179/0x260
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010217] [<ffffffff802736bf>] ? clockevents_program_event+0x4f/0x90
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010224] [<ffffffff80256a5c>] __do_softirq+0x9c/0x170
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010232] [<ffffffff80213d8c>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010239] [<ffffffff80214ffd>] do_softirq+0x5d/0xa0
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010245] [<ffffffff802567dd>] irq_exit+0x8d/0xa0
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010253] [<ffffffff80227658>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x88/0xc0
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010260] [<ffffffff80213668>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x88/0x90
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010265] <EOI> [<ffffffff8021a95a>] ? mwait_idle+0x4a/0x50
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010278] [<ffffffff80210dd2>] ? enter_idle+0x22/0x30
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010285] [<ffffffff80210e85>] ? cpu_idle+0x65/0xc0
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010295] [<ffffffff806987a3>] ? start_secondary+0x9e/0xcb
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.010300] ---[ end trace a90028f9c52760a3 ]---
May 29 13:13:37 home-server-1 kernel: [ 2195.052227] r8169: eth0: link up

[Kurt Wall (kwall)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to improve Ubuntu. Does the Linux driver available from Realtek at http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=13&PFid=5&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false resolve this problem?

Possible duplicate of bug 378907.

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

This bug report was marked as Incomplete and has not had any updated comments for quite some time. As a result this bug is being closed. Please reopen if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu release http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download . Also, please be sure to provide any requested information that may have been missing. To reopen the bug, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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