walt ha scritto: > On 01/02/2010 09:52 AM, bn wrote: >> Hi, >> I upgraded recently my Macbook Pro to gentoo-sources 2.6.31 and I have >> annoying network hiccups which I didn't have with the old 2.6.24. > > By that you mean the chip works, but prints error messages that you > didn't see before?
Ehm, no, it disconnects randomly every about ~5 minutes, and then comes back. > Looking at the kernel commit logs for the sky2 driver, I see hundreds > of changes since 2.6.24, so this driver is very actively developed. > I would try building a vanilla kernel somewhere between 6.24 and 6.31 > and see if it makes any difference. Well, yes, this "brute force" approach could theoretically help, but if there's any chance of narrowing down this I'd be happy. I don't exactly have the time to recompile 7 kernel versions and try until I find the golden one. thanks, m.