[tulip-bug] Recurring Lite-on PNIC loss of traffic after unplug/replug from switch

[Simen Timian Thoresen]

> I have now seen this problem too.  With debug=2 I see messages of the
> form:
> 
>   eth1: MII link partner 0080, negotiated 0080.
> 
> and the lights are set to the appropriate state for 100baseTx-HD. 
> However, I can't ping across the connection and I see plenty of messages
> of the form:
> 
>   eth1: Transmit timeout using MII device.
> 
> --
Can you duplicate my results by 
ifconfig eth1 down'ing and then ifconfig eth1 x.x.x.x'ing the interface again?

>From the one time I had the oportunity to try this, it seemd like a packet was 
stuck in the TX queue, and down'ing the interface cleared/killed that packet.

Unfortunately, when the interface comes up again, it is only 100baseTx, but 
at least it is useful.

Yours,
-Simen

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