On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 20:51 +0200, mbo...@gmx.net wrote: > Additional Information: > > To reproduce the problem, I only need to login with ssh to the server, > and then wait between 3 and 5 minutes until the connection breaks. If > I ping the server, it doesn't answer. I also get no response when I > ping other servers directly on the console. > > When I try to ping the server from another machine, the server starts > to answer after 15-30 seconds. The problem only appears if there is no > network traffic (at least no tcp and no icmp). If I ping the server > permanently from another machine, the connection never breaks. > > It definitely has to do something with the bnx2 driver, we already > checked all our switches. We are able to reproduce the problem on 3 > different servers (DellPoweredge R210 and R410) running the same > kernel. > > I found a similar bug report for Red Hat here: > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520888
No, that affects the BCM5709 controller and you have a BCM5716. Also, we applied the fix for that bug in Debian kernel version 2.6.32-13. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
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