The onboard hme ethernet NIC locks every time it is under high load. e.g when downloading a file larger than 2Mb for example. All the kernels I tried seem to be affected: sparc-sources 2.4.32-r2 and 2.4.32-r6, gentoo-sources 2.6.16-r13 2.6.17-r4 2.6.17-r5. The gentoo-sources "ultra1" flag does not seem to solve the problem neither on 2.4, nor on 2.6 kernels. For the iface to work a gain, the /etc/init.d/net.eth0 has to be restarted. Dmesg | tail output after high load transfer: eth0: Link is up using internal transceiver at 10Mb/s, Half Duplex. NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out eth0: transmit timed out, resetting eth0: Happy Status 00000000 TX[000003ff:00000101] eth0: Link is up using internal transceiver at 10Mb/s, Half Duplex.
This is not MAJOR since many people are using onboard HME on U2 machines just fine and they're quite common.
Since all the kernels are affected did you try using a different patch cable, different switch/hub port or a different switch/hub altogether?
(In reply to comment #2) > Since all the kernels are affected did you try using a different patch cable, > different switch/hub port or a different switch/hub altogether? > (In reply to comment #2) > Since all the kernels are affected did you try using a different patch cable, > different switch/hub port or a different switch/hub altogether? > Soory for bothering, dead switch, my first bug report and there's no bug... :s From now I'll be aware I have to perform some extra-tests before reporting...
Closing then.
