Bug#617635: Network connection drops under heavy load (tg3 driver)
----- Original Message -----
From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Date: Sunday, January 15, 2012 2:32 pm
Subject: Re: Bug#617635: Network connection drops under heavy load (tg3 driver)
To: David Parker <dparker@utica.edu>, 617635@bugs.debian.org
Cc: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
> Something like this should work:
>
> # echo
> >>/etc/apt/apt.conf 'APT::Default-Release "squeeze";'
> # echo
> >>/etc/apt/sources.list 'deb http://cdn.debian.net/debian/ sid main'
> # apt-get update
> ...
> # apt-get install -t
> unstable linux-image-3.1.0-1-amd64
>
Thanks, Ben. I did a clean install of squeeze (6.0.3) with the 2.6.32-5-amd64 kernel and verified that the problem still exists. I then followed your instructions and tested with the 3.2.0-1-amd64 kernel from sid, and this behavior appears to be fixed.
- Dave
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