On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:07:05 -0400 Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Andrew Morton wrote: > > Another customer.. > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > > Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:44:01 +0200 > > From: Matthias Hentges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > Subject: Re: 2.6.18-mm2 > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > I've just tested -mm2 on my C2D system and I'm getting a lot of these > > messages: > > > > "[ 139.143807] printk: 131 messages suppressed. > > [ 139.148235] sky2 0000:03:00.0: pci express error (0x500547)" > > > > Please note that the "sky2" driver has always been the black sheep on > > that system due to regular full lock-ups of the driver, requiring a > > rmmod sky2 + modprobe sky2 cycle. > > > > This happens often enough to warrant writing a cronjob checking the > > network and auto-rmmod'ing the module..... > > > > While the above is bloody annoying at times (heh), the driver never > > caused any messages like the ones I now get with -mm2 . > > sky2 just turned on PCI Express error reporting, so it makes sense that > messages would appear. The better question is whether this is a driver > problem, or a hardware problem. With your "black sheep" comment, I > wonder if it isn't a hardware problem that's been hidden. > See also http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7222 That's two reports in 18 hours, from amongst the presumably-small population of sky2-owning -mm testers. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
