Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755505Ab3DZWdf (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:33:35 -0400 Received: from mail-oa0-f46.google.com ([209.85.219.46]:52507 "EHLO mail-oa0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753811Ab3DZWde (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:33:34 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <5153620E.4010608@gmail.com> From: Bjorn Helgaas Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:33:13 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: 3.8.4 kernel To: "Joseph A. Millikan" Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1518 Lines: 29 On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Joseph A. Millikan > wrote: >> >> We use Mint 11 32-bit and we've noticed with any kernel beyond 3.6.11, the >> Ethernet port stops responding to pings after 15 minutes and samba clients >> cease to receive data in realtime. I hope this is the correct place to >> report this as we received a nasty, sullen response when posted with the >> Ubuntu folks (which we will NEVER do again.) >> >> If you aren't the proper party to whom we should direct this report, please >> disregard. We were just trying to help developers if there is an >> undiscovered issue with Ethernet ports on Lenovo G770 laptops which our >> court uses with Mint 11. > > What specific kernels have you tried? It'd be surprising if such an > egregious issue went unnoticed for long, but if recent kernels like > 3.8 or 3.9-rc are still broken, there's likely something we need to > fix. Can you collect complete dmesg logs from 3.6.11 and the oldest > broken kernel you've found? You might also run "watch cat > /proc/interrupts" in a window off to the side and see if the NIC > interrupt count stops increasing after 15 minutes. Did this ever get resolved? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/