Stephen Mulcahy reported a regression in forcedeth at <http://bugs.debian.org/572201>. The system information and some diagnostic information can be found there. Anyone able to help? Ben. stephen mulcahy wrote: > When running linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-amd64, the network stops > responding if large amounts of traffic are transmitted/received. Running > ifdown eth0 followed by ifup eth0 restores operation of the network. > There are no errors relating to this failure logged in /var/log that I > could see. > > Downgrading to linux-image-2.6.30-2-amd64 results in a stable network. > Not sure if this is a forcedeth specific problem or a general problem in > the newer kernel (I have seen problems with forcedeth on other > distro/kernel combinations). > > Happy to run further diagnostics to tie this down if you let me know > what to run. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
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