On Mon, 2006-07-17 at 17:35 +0200, Patrick wrote: > I recently updated to kernel 2.6.17-1.2157_FC5 on my FC5 laptop. Not > sure if it's related but now networking stops working intermittently. > The driver used is tg3 for a Broadcom BCM5789 nic. In /var/log/messages > I see: > > NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out > tg3: eth0: transmit timed out, resetting > tg3: tg3_stop_block timed out, ofs=2c00 enable_bit=2 > tg3: eth0: Link is down. > tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. > tg3: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. I have never had much luck with the Broadcom chipset and the tg3 driver. Back when I was working at CBC.ca we had many problems on our HP-DL380G4's, to the extent that I wrote a report about it, which I summarized on my blog: http://www.aquezada.com/staff/julian/journal/?p=56 Eventually we ended up buying dual port Intel EtherExpress NICs to workaround the problem. - Julian -- Julian C. Dunn, P.Eng. Systems Administrator e: julian.dunn@xxxxxxxxx p: 416-363-6316 x292 f: 416-363-6102 w: www.devlin.ca Devlin eBusiness Architects Inc. 185 Frederick Street Toronto, ON M5A 4L4
