Re: [gentoo-user] Re: sky2 , kernel 2.6.31, macbook pro and connection hiccups

2010-01-03 Thread bn
Neil Walker ha scritto: bn wrote: Ehm, no, it disconnects randomly every about ~5 minutes, and then comes back. Most network problems can be traced to the cable or connectors. Have you tried a different cable? No, but before the kernel upgrade it seemed to work OK. However I will

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: sky2 , kernel 2.6.31, macbook pro and connection hiccups

2010-01-03 Thread Aaron Clark
On 01/03/2010 08:14 AM, bn wrote: Neil Walker ha scritto: I have a similar chipset in this desktop: 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 14) Subsystem: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Device 00ba It's worked perfectly

[gentoo-user] Re: sky2 , kernel 2.6.31, macbook pro and connection hiccups

2010-01-02 Thread walt
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? Looking at the kernel commit

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: sky2 , kernel 2.6.31, macbook pro and connection hiccups

2010-01-02 Thread bn
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,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: sky2 , kernel 2.6.31, macbook pro and connection hiccups

2010-01-02 Thread Neil Walker
bn wrote: Ehm, no, it disconnects randomly every about ~5 minutes, and then comes back. Most network problems can be traced to the cable or connectors. Have you tried a different cable? Well, yes, this brute force approach could theoretically help, but if there's any chance of narrowing