On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 18:18:57 +0000 michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 09:38:44AM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:14:49 +0000 > > michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > transfer of data hangs with sky2 very often on a > > > > > > 0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group > > > Ltd. 88E8036 Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 10) > > > > > > found on toshiba laptops, > > > > > > when using 2.6.16, which proves a critical problem since the proprietary > > > driver does not support .16 at the moment. > > > > > > debug=16 doesn't produce any info I can understand, most of it looks > > > like > > > > > > .. > > > eth0: tx queued, slot 15, len 78 > > > sky2 eth0: rx slot 3 status 0x4e0100 len 78 > > > .. > > > > > > before, during, and after transfer of data stops. > > > > > > let me know if you need that full data or anything else that may help. > > > > > > thanks. > > > > > > ps. please cc me any replies > > > - > > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in > > > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > > I sent an update post 2.6.16 that should fix most of these problems. > > or try this which is the important bit. Unfortunately, I may have to bend > > the rules to get this in for -stable. > > Maybe the hang I notice is different because it stays with this patch > and appears primarily after using multiple connections. > > An easy way to reproduce it here is this > > axel -n 40 http://..file (a downloader that opens 40 connections) > > it will go on downloading normally without problem. > > If I ctrl-c that process and immediately re-run it, it will not start > again (or any other internet connection). > > rmmod, modprobe and reconfiguring the iface brings it back to normal. > > I haven't checked if all those 40 connections are opened or at some > point it doesn't open more than 10 or sth. > > Let me know if I can help somehow further. How far away is the site you are downloading from. Perhaps it just means you have lots of connections open, and the memory is getting low. I can't reproduce it here (downloading from kernel.org on P4 with motherboard chip and 2.6.16-git latest). But I have 2G of memory. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
