Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 24 Feb 2006 08:14:09 -0800 | From | Stephen Hemminger <> | Subject | Re: [git patches] net driver fixes |
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Wolfgang Hoffmann wrote: > On Friday 24 February 2006 06:22, Jeff Garzik wrote: > >> Please pull from 'upstream-fixes' branch of >> master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6.git >> >> [...] >> Stephen Hemminger: >> sky2: yukon-ec-u chipset initialization >> sky2: limit coalescing values to ring size >> sky2: poke coalescing timer to fix hang >> sky2: force early transmit status >> sky2: use device iomem to access PCI config >> sky2: close race on IRQ mask update. >> [...] >> > > Thanks for the update. > > Still I'm seeing reproducable hangs with this version of sky2 (as reported in > bugzilla 6084 and discussed on netdev). > > Stephen, if there is anything I can do to narrow down my hangs a bit more > systematically, please let me know, I'd be happy to help. > > Wolfgang > There is an outstanding bug where the sky2 will hang if it receives a packet larger than the MTU. At this point, there isn't enough information on chip behavior to fix.
You could try using a larger mut or patching the driver so that the rx_buffer_size is always big (like 4k). - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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