Bug#642911: TX watchdog timeout on RTL8168B

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi again,

Jonathan Nieder wrote:

> Something very similar to the fix you tested plus a couple more r8169
> fixes were applied upstream:
>
>  - v3.2-rc5~38^2~5 (r8169: Rx FIFO overflow fixes, 2011-12-04), which
>    is the fix you helped with
>  - v3.2-rc5~38^2~4 (r8169: fix Rx index race between FIFO overflow
>    recovery and NAPI handler, 2011-12-04)
>  - v3.2-rc7~12^2~8 (r8169: fix Config2 MSIEnable bit setting,
>    2011-12-15)

Thanks again for making it happen.

> Am I correct in guessing that v3.2-rc7 from experimental works ok?

What kernel do you use these days?  Have you tried 3.2.y from
sid/experimental?  Would you be interested in pursuing a fix in
2.6.32.y or 3.0.y?

Jonathan