Bug#657689: e1000e Detected Hardware Unit Hang:

[Matthew Ingersoll <matthingersoll@gmail.com>]

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> # fixed in 3.0.y. see also bug#663533
> tags 657689 + upstream patch moreinfo fixed-upstream
> quit
>
> Matthew Ingersoll wrote:
>
> > Searching around, this may already be fixed elsewhere.  See the following
> > reports:
> >
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=785806
> >
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg04658.html
>
> Thanks.  Sounds worth a try.  Please test the attached patch, for example
> following instructions from [1].
>
> Hope that helps,
> Jonathan
>
> [1] http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html#s-common-official
> or the corresponding page from the debian-kernel-handbook package

Jonathan,

Thanks for the info.

These are production systems and I do not have a spare NIC to test
with in the lab at this time. I'll let you know if I get my hands on
one... but until then, I can't risk testing on these systems.

--
Matth