As modifying sky2 code I have not could get any solution, then I have
modified some parameters on the ethernet interface and using a MTU =
1503 and disabling TSO (TCP Segmentation Offload) mechanism all
communication errors disappear, both the rx errors due to too long
packets and tx timeout errors. I have performed iperf tests during 1
hour (downstream and upstream) and the performance of the ethernet is
stable. Furthermore, disabling SG (scatter-gather) improves the
throughput of the ethernet interface with traffic upstream.
Is it possible that these offload mechanism don't work fine with the
sky2 driver?
Thanks,
Rafa