Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: 2.6.18 Distribution: Hardware Environment: Abit AV8 with Integrated Gigabit LAN VIA Velocity, Athlon 4800+, 3Gb DDR400 Software Environment: Slackware Linux 10.2, Apache web server Problem Description: Integrated Gigabit LAN VIA Velocity on Abit AV8 hangs after ~6 hours of working. VIA Velocity network driver compiled into kernel. Ifconfig and mii-tool ok, logs are clear. Restart computer solved this problem, but after any hours network hangs again. In 2.6.17.13 kernel all ok. Steps to reproduce:
All indications are this another manifistation of the infamous sky2 hang see other bug. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 6839 ***