On Mon, 2006-07-17 at 20:16 +0200, Patrick wrote: > On Mon, 2006-07-17 at 11:03 -0500, Anthony Messina wrote: > > Patrick wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > Doing a $sudo /sbin/service network restart immediately solves the > > > problem. I only see this happen with the download of the FC5 Unity DVD > > > torrent. Not with small fish like surfing or getting my mail from an > > > imap server on the LAN. Has anyone seen something similar? Any > > > suggestions how I can pinpoint/fix this? > > > > > > > i had/have what sounds to be exactly the same problem. see my post from > > april: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2006-April/msg04485.html > > > > the problem seems to come and go. i never found a solution and no one > > else seemed to be able to offer any advice at the time. > > Yikes that does not sound very encouraging. Are you aware of an FC5 > kernel where this problem does not happen (assuming it's related to the > tg3 module)? I've never liked the tg3 module...it's always had issues with speed negotiation and the like. One way around is to turn off negotiation on the switch/router and set it to fixed (along with the other appropriate parameters) and do the same for the machine itself. If you're using the tg3 driver for a Broadcom chipset, try to use the actual Broadcom driver (from their website). It doesn't have these issues. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - "I'd explain it to you, but your brain might explode." - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
