[Bug 38689] sky2 network driver issue

[JJ]

Public bug reported:

Affects: linux-meta linux-386 (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed


Description:
There appears to be an issue related to transmit/recieve buffers with
the Marvell Yukon PCI-E gigabit LAN NIC, that appears to be correctable
with the official drivers in windows, but has not been fixed for the
sky2 driver. Currently I am running the kernel version 2.6.15-16-386.
The problem mostly is repeated when I attempt to use some remote
programs via ssh with some graphical XWindows. It seems to be fairly
repeatable that once the network has been used a lot it appears the
driver has hung, and the network interface must be restarted to get it
going again.

Here is a link that describes fixing the problem with official drivers:
http://www.planetamd64.com/lofiversion/index.php/t9643.html (it's
towards the bottom.) I dont know if it will help solve the problem or
not. Hopefully this is all the needed info.
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sky2 network driver issue
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/38689