[#24529544] Re: Network sort of stops working with the em (intel) driver under load.

[Carl Chave]

On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 3:34 PM, mark rowlands <rowlands.mark at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ticket subject: Re: Network sort of stops working with the em (intel) driver under  load.
>> Ticket number: 24529544
>> Ticket link: https://secure.mpcustomer.com/ticket.php?ticket=24529544
>> Ticket body: 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.
>
> and after replacing the em0 with a realtek gigabit card, the problem
> also does not occur. (the vr0 was only 100mb)
> So it would seem there is something hinky with at least the em (82540) card .
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