Network sort of stops working with the em (intel) driver under load.

[mark rowlands]

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 9:30 PM, mark rowlands <rowlands.mark at gmail.com> wrote:
> Newly built and cvsupped system,with GENERIC kernel,  when copying
> large amounts of data over a gigabit link via scp  the network  will
> hang after a couple of gig.  I can then no longer login via ssh. If I
> leave it be, after about 12-24 hours I can then login again. (A reboot
> of course fixes the issue immediately...) .

snip...

I can now confirm that a similar copy to the vr card does not cause
the same problem... so it would appear
more likely that it might be an em related problem.