Bug#858125: e1000: ethernet interface hangs occasionally, kernel reports hang

["Bruce Momjian,,," <bruce@momjian.us>]

On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 06:09:33PM -0400, Bruce Momjian,,, wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 10:06:53PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > > It seems nothing changed.
> > 
> > Try:
> >     ethtool -A eth0 rx off tx off autoneg off
> > instead.
> 
> OK, that worked:
> 
> 	$ ethtool -A eth0 rx off tx off autoneg off
> 	$ ethtool -a eth0
> 	Pause parameters for eth0:
> 	Autonegotiate:  off
> 	RX:             off
> 	TX:             off
> 
> I will report back as soon as another failure happens, or doesn't
> happen.  :-)  Thanks.

I turned off flow control on the Debian server _and_ the switch port,
because I am told they should match.  I will report back.

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