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I have an asus a8v that is running a recent install of SL5.1 X86_64 (an
athlon X2 3800+).  It has two gigabit ethernet cards which are both
served by the skge driver.  This system ran flawlessly under SL4.5.  Now
the first adapter (the onboard one) stops working after a while (not
clear how frequent but maybe ~1 hr.).  The driver reports that the
adapter link is not up when you try an ifdown/ifup cycle.  Ifdown'ing
both and removing and reinstalling the driver then ifup'ing both does
not fix the situation.  After running for a while the log has a bunch of
NET WATCH errors about the adapter (what is Net Watch?).  It appears
that rebooting does restore the interface for a while.

I've checked cable/switch and even tried a 100Mb switch as a fallback
but no luck.

I don't see anything in the RH knowledgebase but find lots of hints that
other distros have had problems of this sort with the skge driver
(perhaps only on 64bit kernels <= 2.6.23).

Has anyone else seen this and found a workaround? Is the upstream vendor
working on this (the absence of a knowledgebase entry doesn't bode well
but maybe someone with a subscription can check in more depth)?
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