Hello,
I think, I'm experiencing the same problem:
09:16:34 : NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
09:16:34 : eth0: Got tx_timeout. irq: 00000000
09:16:34 : eth0: Ring at 37e50000
09:16:34 : eth0: Dumping tx registers
09:16:34 : 0: 00000000 000000ff 00000003 025003ca 00000000 00000000
00000000 00000000
09:16:34 : 20: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 00000000
[...]
09:16:54 : ata5.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
09:16:54 : ata6.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
09:16:54 : ata6.00: cmd 25/00:08:1e:97:48/00:00:19:00:00/e0 tag 0 cdb 0x0
data 4096 in
09:16:54 : res 40/00:00:01:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4
(timeout)
09:16:54 : ata5.00: cmd 25/00:70:1e:97:48/00:00:19:00:00/e0 tag 0 cdb 0x0
data 57344 in
09:16:54 : res 40/00:00:01:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4
(timeout)
09:16:54 : ata6: soft resetting port
09:16:54 : ata5: soft resetting port
09:16:54 : ata6: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
09:16:54 : ata5: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
09:16:54 : NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
09:16:54 : eth0: Got tx_timeout. irq: 00000032
09:16:54 : eth0: Ring at 37e50000
09:16:54 : eth0: Dumping tx registers
A more complete log can be found at:
http://www.e18.physik.tu-muenchen.de/~tnagel/misc/kernel-crash.log
The setup is strikingly similar to that of noah (I'm quoting all of this
by heart, if somebody is interested in more detail, just ask.):
Kernel: 2.6.22 (amd64, Debian patches, tainted)
Mainboard: Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe (nForce 570 SLI MCP --> MCP55, same as noah)
CPU: Athlon64 Dual-Core (same as noah)
RAM: 1GB
HD: 22 x Samsung HD501LJ 500GB (same as noah), 1-6 connected to chipset,
7-22 connected to RocketRaid 2340.
I'm using software RAID like noah, (levels 1, 5 and 6), and like with noah
the problem occurred during RAID check, in my case during heavy NFS load
which had been ongoing for ~4 days. This is the ...