Bug#650771: r8169 connectivity intermittent, link up messages in syslog

2011-12-07 Thread Robbert Haarman
On Sat, Dec 03, 2011 at 06:10:06PM -0600, Jonathan Nieder wrote: Robbert Haarman wrote: I compiled a vanilla 3.2.0-rc4 kernel and that seems to fix the problem. Nice to hear. After a few days still no problems. Looking good! I am going to catch some sleep now. If you need me to bisect

Bug#650771: r8169 connectivity intermittent, link up messages in syslog

2011-12-07 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Version: 3.2~rc4-1~experimental.1 found 650771 linux-2.6/2.6.32-39 tags 650771 + patch moreinfo quit Robbert Haarman wrote: Robbert Haarman wrote: I compiled a vanilla 3.2.0-rc4 kernel and that seems to fix the problem. [...] After a few days still no problems. Looking good! That means one

Bug#650771: r8169 connectivity intermittent, link up messages in syslog

2011-12-05 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Robbert Haarman wrote: I am going to catch some sleep now. FYI: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1223268 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#650771: r8169 connectivity intermittent, link up messages in syslog

2011-12-03 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Robbert Haarman wrote: I compiled a vanilla 3.2.0-rc4 kernel and that seems to fix the problem. Nice to hear. I am going to catch some sleep now. If you need me to bisect things, provide more info, contact people, or whatever, please let me know. Yes, one more test. Could you try the

Bug#650771: r8169 connectivity intermittent, link up messages in syslog

2011-12-02 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi Robbert, Robbert Haarman wrote: On an affected system (Realtek 8168, Gigabit ethernet; other NICs and network speeds may or may not be affected), use the network. Check the syslog for link up messages. Leaving ping running will show a number of messages getting through, then silence for

Bug#650771: r8169 connectivity intermittent, link up messages in syslog

2011-12-02 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Robbert Haarman wrote: Here is the dmesg. This is with 2.6.39-bpo.2-amd64 and the r8169 driver as shipped by Debian. Thanks for the quick feedback. [...] r8169 :03:00.0: eth0: RTL8168b/8111b at 0xc900117c6000, f4:6d:04:d3:08:de, XID 0c900800 IRQ 43 This is an RTL8168b, not a

Bug#650771: r8169 connectivity intermittent, link up messages in syslog

2011-12-02 Thread Robbert Haarman
Hi Jonathan, Thanks for being on the case! I am currently trying the patch at http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1222924. I downloaded the patch from http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1222924 as r8169-patch, and then did the following: sudo aptitude install build-essential

Bug#650771: r8169 connectivity intermittent, link up messages in syslog

2011-12-02 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Robbert Haarman wrote: So far (first boot), no problems with the patch from http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1222924 Oh! I had forgotten about this hunk which is not specific to RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_22 from upstream's patch: | @@ -5804,6 +5812,10 @@ static irqreturn_t

Bug#650771: r8169 connectivity intermittent, link up messages in syslog

2011-12-02 Thread Jonathan Nieder
tags 650771 - unreproducible quit Robbert Haarman wrote: I rebooted into Windows 7 (64 bit), logged in, accessed a website, and shut down the computer (via the start menu). Then I started the computer again and booted into Linux 2.6.39-bpo.2-amd64. The problem occurred. Rebooted into