kernel failure

["Gerardo A. Mirkin" <gamirkin@gmail.com>]

Hello everybody,

I just joined the mailing list although I have been using Debian and some other GNU/Linux distributions for about six years. Now I installed Debian 6.0 squeeze using netinst in an Asus eeepc 1215p (320 GB HD, 1,5 GHz dual core Athlon processor, 2 GB RAM DDR2). Everything is apparently ok except for the fact that, for the last week, a message appears from time to time stating that there is a kernel failure. Although the system seems stable I am afraid this could cause serious trouble and I would like to avoid it solving the problem. Following is the message I get. Any help regarding this would be deeply appreciated.

Best regards,

Gerardo Mirkin

Kernel failure message 1:

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WARNING: at /build/buildd-linux-2.6_2.6.32-39-amd64-7yVIH2/linux-2.6-2.6.32/debian/build/source_amd64_none/net/sched/sch_generic.c:261 dev_watchdog+0xe2/0x194()

Hardware name: 1215P

NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (atl1c): transmit queue 0 timed out

Modules linked in: parport_pc ppdev lp parport sco bridge stp bnep acpi_cpufreq rfcomm l2cap crc16 cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_stats cpufreq_powersave uinput fuse loop arc4 ecb snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm joydev snd_seq brcm80211(C) mac80211 snd_timer uvcvideo i915 videodev drm_kms_helper snd_seq_device btusb cfg80211 bluetooth v4l1_compat drm v4l2_compat_ioctl32 snd usbhid i2c_i801 i2c_algo_bit psmouse rfkill soundcore i2c_core hid video pcspkr snd_page_alloc output wmi evdev button serio_raw ac processor battery ext3 jbd mbcache sd_mod crc_t10dif ahci uhci_hcd libata ehci_hcd scsi_mod thermal atl1c usbcore nls_base thermal_sys [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan]

Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G C 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1

Call Trace:

<IRQ> [<ffffffff81262bf6>] ? dev_watchdog+0xe2/0x194

[<ffffffff81262bf6>] ? dev_watchdog+0xe2/0x194

[<ffffffff8104df9c>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x77/0xa3

[<ffffffff81262b14>] ? dev_watchdog+0x0/0x194

[<ffffffff8104e024>] ? warn_slowpath_fmt+0x51/0x59

[<ffffffff8101654b>] ? sched_clock+0x5/0x8

[<ffffffff8104a4ba>] ? try_to_wake_up+0x289/0x29b

[<ffffffff81262ae8>] ? netif_tx_lock+0x3d/0x69

[<ffffffff8124d916>] ? netdev_drivername+0x3b/0x40

[<ffffffff81262bf6>] ? dev_watchdog+0xe2/0x194

[<ffffffff8103fa2a>] ? __wake_up+0x30/0x44

[<ffffffff8105a67b>] ? run_timer_softirq+0x1c9/0x268

[<ffffffff810692df>] ? sched_clock_local+0x13/0x74

[<ffffffff81053d2b>] ? __do_softirq+0xdd/0x1a6

[<ffffffff8102428a>] ? lapic_next_event+0x18/0x1d

[<ffffffff81011cac>] ? call_softirq+0x1c/0x30

[<ffffffff8101322b>] ? do_softirq+0x3f/0x7c

[<ffffffff81053b9b>] ? irq_exit+0x36/0x76

[<ffffffff81024d58>] ? smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x87/0x95

[<ffffffff81011673>] ? apic_timer_interrupt+0x13/0x20

<EOI> [<ffffffffa014d651>] ? acpi_idle_enter_simple+0x116/0x148 [processor]

[<ffffffffa014d651>] ? acpi_idle_enter_simple+0x116/0x148 [processor]

[<ffffffffa014d64a>] ? acpi_idle_enter_simple+0x10f/0x148 [processor]

[<ffffffff81239c36>] ? cpuidle_idle_call+0x94/0xee

[<ffffffff8100fe97>] ? cpu_idle+0xa2/0xda

[<ffffffff814f3140>] ? early_idt_handler+0x0/0x71

[<ffffffff814f3cdd>] ? start_kernel+0x3dc/0x3e8

[<ffffffff814f33b7>] ? x86_64_start_kernel+0xf9/0x106

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