Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 10 May 2009 18:27:53 +0200 | From | Michael Riepe <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.27.19 + 28.7: network timeouts for r8169 and 8139too |
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Michael Buesch wrote:
>>It seems to me that this particular chip really doesn't like MSI. > > > I can confirm this. I tried with msi enabled and it starts breaking > after a few seconds of heavy transfers. Disabling MSI results in a reliable connection. > > Maybe we should disable MSI as temporary workaround for affected chips?
Yep. It may not solve the problem, but it's a lot better than turning MSI off for everything, including apparently working NICs that use the same driver(s).
-- Michael "Tired" Riepe <michael.riepe@googlemail.com> X-Tired: Each morning I get up I die a little
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