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SubjectRE: 2.6.28: r8169: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (r8169): transmit timed out


On Fri, 23 Jan 2009, Doug Bazarnic wrote:

> I've just setup a lab in the office to test out IPVS, and I'm using an Asus
> p5q-ws MB with dual r8169 nics on board. This machine is acting as a load
> balancer, and it's just directing packets to the web servers. Lots of
> requests...
>
> Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com> :
> [...]
>> It is the first time I have ever seen it on this system, while running
>> 2.6.28. I have never seen the error in the past (at least not that I can
>> remember/no log entries) for 2.6.27 or below.
>
> Does it translate into a temporary network hiccup, say a few seconds,
> or does it mean a final loss of networking ?
That is what it seemed like, enough to kill a DVD burn.

>
> Given the timestamp, the driver seemed to worked for some amount of time
> before breaking, did it not ? It would thus be different from the usual
> "no link at startup" problem.
Yes it did.

>
> Can you send a complete dmesg, including the r8169 XID line ?
# grep -i 8169 dmesg
[ 0.428875] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
[ 0.428968] r8169 0000:05:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 0.429060] r8169 0000:05:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.429132] r8169 0000:05:00.0: irq 378 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 20.267767] r8169: eth0: link up
[ 20.267846] r8169: eth0: link up

http://home.comcast.net/~jpiszcz/20090123/dmesg.txt

Justin.



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