On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 8:19 AM, Robert E. Blair <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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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)?

Which controller is this?  If it is Marvell, there is some chance that
the sk98lin driver works.  You can get it from ATrpms:

http://atrpms.net/dist/el5/sk98lin/

Akemi