Can you add "irqpoll" to the kernel command line arguments and try to reproduce it?
** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.20 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- RTL-8029: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out https://launchpad.net/bugs/87078 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs