Thinus Viljoen wrote:
> Hi
> 
> My setup is as follows:
> 
> Network 1: PC1 (eth0) is connected to PC2 (eth0)

> Network 2: PC2 (eth1) is connected to PC3 (eth0)

> All eth devices use the e1000 driver. (Version 7.2.9, from Intel's
> website)
> 
> Network 1 is used for user interfacing, and will always be standard
> Ethernet.
> 
> Network 2 can switch between standard Ethernet and RTnet. (RTnet is
> used for operations, standard Ethernet for software updates etc.).
> PC2 functions as a gateway when both networks are configured as
> standard Ethernet.
> 
> After bootup both networks are standard Ethernet, and everything
> seems OK. For a while after I switch Network 2 to RTnet everything
> seems ok, but after about 73 seconds the inet address of PC2's eth0
> changes from 172.0.0.3 to 172.17.101.138 for a second or so, and then
> eth0 goes totally down. (I have no idea where this "172.17.101.138"
> comes from). Network 2 (RTnet) still functions.

Nice weird bug...

> 
> If I then manually bring PC2's eth0 back up, everything works OK
> again.
> 
> The same happens when I switch Network 2 from RTnet to standard
> Ethernet.
> 
> "dmesg" doen't give any info when this happens. Does anybody know wat
> the issue can be, or at least places where I can look for the
> problem? Is it perhaps the sequence of events that is somehow wrong?
> 
> I have attached the script which switches Network 2 from Ethernet to
> RTnet.

Try to remove as much RTnet as possible from your scenario to trigger
this. Does it require to load rt_e1000? Does it take RTnet at all? Does
this happen over a vanilla kernel?

Jan

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