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Re: Kernel 2.6.31-1 and Broadcom Ethernet



On Monday, 07 December 2009 16:53:58 +0100,
godo wrote:

> Hi folks,

Hi, Goran.
 
> does anybody have problem with 2.6.31-1-686 and eth0 (Broadcom
> Corporation NetLink BCM5906M)?
> 
> I have up to date Sid on Lenovo ideapad S10e and approximately every
> 20 min. eth0 break's and little Tux from kerneloops.org notice me that
> he will sent message about kernel problem.  WiFi works without any
> problem.

I had this problem in KVM virtual machines whose host has interfaces
NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 12). I obtained alternatings
timeouts:

Jun 25 19:07:18 ganimedes kernel: [5592587.125911] eth0: Transmit timeout, status 0c 0005 c07f media d0.
Jun 25 19:07:18 ganimedes kernel: [5592587.125925] eth0: Tx queue start entry 24960013  dirty entry 24960009.
Jun 25 19:07:18 ganimedes kernel: [5592587.125936] eth0:  Tx descriptor 0 is 0008a5ea.
Jun 25 19:07:18 ganimedes kernel: [5592587.125946] eth0:  Tx descriptor 1 is 0008a5ea. (queue head)
Jun 25 19:07:18 ganimedes kernel: [5592587.125956] eth0:  Tx descriptor 2 is 0008a5ea.
Jun 25 19:07:18 ganimedes kernel: [5592587.125965] eth0:  Tx descriptor 3 is 0008a5ea.
Jun 25 19:07:18 ganimedes kernel: [5592587.126105] eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x05E1
Jun 25 19:07:27 ganimedes kernel: [5592596.404019] NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
Jun 25 19:07:30 ganimedes kernel: [5592599.569141] eth0: Transmit timeout, status 0c 0005 c07f media d0.
Jun 25 19:07:30 ganimedes kernel: [5592599.569154] eth0: Tx queue start entry 4  dirty entry 0.
Jun 25 19:07:30 ganimedes kernel: [5592599.569165] eth0:  Tx descriptor 0 is 0008a5ea. (queue head)
Jun 25 19:07:30 ganimedes kernel: [5592599.569175] eth0:  Tx descriptor 1 is 0008a5ea.
Jun 25 19:07:30 ganimedes kernel: [5592599.569185] eth0:  Tx descriptor 2 is 0008a5ea.
Jun 25 19:07:30 ganimedes kernel: [5592599.569194] eth0:  Tx descriptor 3 is 0008a5ea.
Jun 25 19:07:30 ganimedes kernel: [5592599.569338] eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x05E1

With 'pci=noacpi' this problem was solved.

I hope this helps you.

Regards,
Daniel
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