> From: Jay Cliburn <[email protected]>
>
> On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 08:17:25 -0800 (PST)
> Sitsofe Wheeler wrote:
>
> > OK the circumstances took a lllllong time to occur again but the result is
> that
> > the patch does not prevent the warning.
>
> Can you trigger the warning by performing these steps while the interface is up?
>
> unplug cable
> ifdown eth0
> ifup eth0
> replug cable
> wait about 5 seconds...
>
> If it doesn't happen the first time, try 3 or 4 more times.
>
> Let me know what happens.
The slowpath warning never comes up with this method. I tried with the commands ifdown eth0; ifup eth0 (after removing network manager's control of the device) and ifconfig eth0 down; ifconfig eth0 up (with and without network manager) but none of the aforementioned resulted in an error.