Bug#678461: linux-image-3.0.0-1-amd64: e1000e driver for onboard Intel Corporation

[Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>]

On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 07:26:07PM -0400, Attila Mate wrote:
> Package: linux-2.6
> Version: 3.0.0-3

This is a year out of date; please upgrade to the current version
in testing or unstable.  You should install the metapackage
linux-image-amd64 to ensure that the kernel is kept up to date.

> Severity: normal
> 
> ..........................................................
> Dear Maintainer,           Thu Jun 21 07:22:32 PM EDT 2012
>    Using the driver (# is the superuser prompt):
> 
>       # ethtool -i eth0
>       driver: e1000e
>       version: 1.3.10-k2
>       firmware-version: 0.13-4
>       bus-info: 0000:00:19.0
>       supports-statistics: yes
>       supports-test: yes
>       supports-eeprom-access: yes
>       supports-register-dump: yes
>       supports-priv-flags: no
> 
> Without tuning, it drops about 30-50% of packets when pinging
> yahoo.com.
[...]
> [  363.036698] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> [  363.036709] WARNING: at /build/buildd-linux-2.6_3.0.0-3-amd64-9ClimQ/linux-2.6-3.0.0/debian/build/source_amd64_none/net/sched/sch_generic.c:255 dev_watchdog+0xe9/0x148()
> [  363.036715] Hardware name:         
> [  363.036719] NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (e1000e): transmit queue 0 timed out
[...]

I see a bigger problem...

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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