On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 8:19 AM, Robert E. Blair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I have an asus a8v that is running a recent install of SL5.1 X86_64 (an > athlon X2 3800+). It has two gigabit ethernet cards which are both > served by the skge driver. This system ran flawlessly under SL4.5. Now > the first adapter (the onboard one) stops working after a while (not > clear how frequent but maybe ~1 hr.). The driver reports that the > adapter link is not up when you try an ifdown/ifup cycle. Ifdown'ing > both and removing and reinstalling the driver then ifup'ing both does > not fix the situation. After running for a while the log has a bunch of > NET WATCH errors about the adapter (what is Net Watch?). It appears > that rebooting does restore the interface for a while. > > I've checked cable/switch and even tried a 100Mb switch as a fallback > but no luck. > > I don't see anything in the RH knowledgebase but find lots of hints that > other distros have had problems of this sort with the skge driver > (perhaps only on 64bit kernels <= 2.6.23). > > Has anyone else seen this and found a workaround? Is the upstream vendor > working on this (the absence of a knowledgebase entry doesn't bode well > but maybe someone with a subscription can check in more depth)?
Which controller is this? If it is Marvell, there is some chance that the sk98lin driver works. You can get it from ATrpms: http://atrpms.net/dist/el5/sk98lin/ Akemi
