Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 24 Nov 2007 14:11:15 +0100 | From | BERTRAND Joël <> | Subject | Re: NETDEV WATCHDOG (3Com 3c905 adapter) |
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Steffen Klassert wrote: > On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 04:52:39PM +0100, BERTRAND Joël wrote: >> BERTRAND Joël wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> Since I have installed a 2.6.23.1 linux kernel on my U60, I can see >>> several NETDEV WATCHDOG. This trouble never occurs with 2.6.23-rc4. >>> This bug occurs after a random uptime. >> I have made the same constation this evening on a amd64/up with two >> 3C905 and a 2.6.21.3 linux kernel... This evening, I have rebooted my >> U60 with a 2.6.23.8 kernel and the same 3C905 runs fine. Wait and see >> (but I suspect a kernel bug...). >> >> For main linux kernel list: >> >>> End of dmesg : >>> >>> NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth2: transmit timed out >>> eth2: transmit timed out, tx_status 00 status 8601. >>> diagnostics: net 0ccc media 8880 dma 0000003a fifo 0000 >>> eth2: Interrupt posted but not delivered -- IRQ blocked by another device? > > This looks like a problem that several network drivers had recently. > The problem was genirq related and should be fixed in 2.6.23, > so I'm surprised that this happens with 2.6.23.1 but not with 2.6.23-rc4.
I can confirm that my U60 worked fine sixty days with 2.6.23-rc4 without any trouble. With 2.6.23.1, 3com NIC hangs after three or four days...
Regards,
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