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[Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>]

On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:33:31 -0700
Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us> wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:07:23 +0200
> Treeve Jelbert <treeve AT scarlet.be> wrote:
> 
> > recently I have had a problem on my system where I lost the network
> > after the system was up for a certain time (30-120 mins).
> > 
> > I was not sure if this was software or hardware related, so I added
> > a different network card, rebooted the router, etc. Trying to
> > restart the network card failed.  Other machines on the network are
> > ok.
> > 
> > Eventually I have come to the conclusion that the problem is related
> > to the kernel. 2.6.29 fails, previous versions work.
> > 
> > I have reverted to linux-2.6.28.8 and everything seems ok at
> > present.
> > 
> > I did not make any manual changes to the config when compiling the
> > kernel.
> > 
> > Can anyone suggest any new kernel parameters which might explain my
> > problem?
> > 
> > This happens using amd64 and x86-32 modes on the same hardware.
> 
> I just ran into this problem on x86 with 2.6.29 and the forcedeth
> driver (built-in nVidia LAN). The network on this machine died
> pretty quickly for me, within a few minutes. I've reverted to 2.6.28.8
> for now and so far so good.
> 
> I have another x86 machine (iwlagn wireless) and an x86_64 machine
> (iwl3945 wireless) which are not having any issues.

FYI, 2.6.29.1 does fix this for me.

-sandalle

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