Hello, I have seen the exactly same issue, with the exactly same
hardware you have: it's the HP EliteDesk 705 G3 Desktop Mini.

I've tested already a ton of options, including recompiling the latest
kernel, booting with several parameters, and so on and so forth. Got
nothing more than a big headache. I have 100+ machines to install in a
month and my team is having a really hard time to deal with this issue.

I have posted my findings on the fog forums. Fog is an open-source
cloning tool. Please check it out:

https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/10731/crash-due-to-timeout-in-tg3
-kernel-module-tg3_stop_block-timed-out-ofs-4c00-enable_bit-2

Any ideas on this bug? It seems to be related to 10/100 switches. If
both ends are gigabit, it works much more reliably. Problems still
arise, but much less frequently. With my old "fast ethernet" switch, the
problem alwasy happens.

It's lurking anywhere between the binary blob (the firmware), the kernel
driver, the hardware or any tricky combination of these. Perhaps related
to the AMD platform

I can run tests or gather more data, if it helps. The issue always happens here.
Any ideas on how to solve or workaround this issue? Patches or parameters are 
welcome...

Regards,
Paulo

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Title:
  14e4:1687 broadcom tg3 network driver disconnects under high load

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in linux package in Debian:
  New

Bug description:
  The tg3 broadcom network driver that binds with chipset 5762 goes offline and 
unable to recover (even with tg3 watchdog timeout) when network transmit is 
under high load.  Call trace:
  https://launchpadlibrarian.net/204185480/dmesg

  When this happens, only a reboot would be able to fix it.  Sometimes,
  however, bringing the interface offline and online (via ifconfig)
  would recover networking.  I've also tested with the latest tg3 driver
  (dec 2014 version) and networking is still problematic.  I have also
  disabled TSO, GSO etc... with ethtool and the bug still surfaces.
  This bug may be related to the integrated Firmware.

  Here is the procedure to replicate the issue because it is hard to
  replicate it under moderate network load.

  1. Bootup a machine with a broadcom 5762 NIC (ie. HP DeskElite 705) using a 
Ubuntu/Kubunu Live CD 14.04-15.04.
  2. from another machine: start 5 sessions, repetitively copy (scp with public 
key authentication) a 70 meg file back and forth to the tg3 machine in each 
session. (not sure if this is necessary)
  3. create a 1GB file on the tg3 machine, with something like dd 
if=/dev/urandom of=/my/test/file bs=1024 count=$((1024*1000))
  4. from another machine: repetitively scp copy that 1GB file from the tg3 
machine. This can be done with something like:

  while [ 0 ]; do
     scp -i /my/scp/private.key u...@ip.of.tg3:/my/test/file /tmp
  done;

  Networking will mostly goes offline in about 10-30 minutes.

  WORKAROUND: Add udev rule to make the changes permanent in 
/etc/udev/rules.d/80-tg3-fix.rules :
  ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="net", ATTRS{vendor}=="0x14e4", 
ATTRS{device}=="0x1687", RUN+="/sbin/ethtool -K %k highdma off"

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: linux-image-3.19.0-15-generic 3.19.0-15.15
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC1:  kubuntu    3748 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  kubuntu    3748 F.... pulseaudio
  CasperVersion: 1.360
  Date: Thu Apr 23 11:16:24 2015
  IwConfig:
   eth0      no wireless extensions.

   lo        no wireless extensions.
  LiveMediaBuild: Kubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
  MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP EliteDesk 705 G1 MT
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi 
file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  PulseList:
   Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory not 
accessible: Permission denied
   No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.19.0-15-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.19.0-15-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                             1.143
  RfKill:

  SourcePackage: linux
  UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev'
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 10/22/2014
  dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.bios.version: L06 v02.15
  dmi.board.asset.tag: 2UA5041TG4
  dmi.board.name: 2215
  dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 2UA5041TG4
  dmi.chassis.type: 6
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.modalias: 
dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrL06v02.15:bd10/22/2014:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPEliteDesk705G1MT:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn2215:rvr:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct6:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: HP EliteDesk 705 G1 MT
  dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

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