Re: 2.6.27.19 + 28.7: network timeouts for r8169 and 8139too

From: Michael Riepe
Date: Sun May 10 2009 - 12:28:18 EST




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).

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Michael "Tired" Riepe <michael.riepe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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