Description of problem: TG3 driver does'n work well. Network dies after 12-36 hours. I can ping from the local machine local network address (i.e. 10.10.10.10 or 127.0.0.1) successfully, but any trafic from/to network card is stopped. I have not found any situation what makes network die. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): filename: /lib/modules/2.6.10-1.770_FC3smp/kernel/drivers/net/tg3.ko author: David S. Miller (davem) and Jeff Garzik (jgarzik) description: Broadcom Tigon3 ethernet driver license: GPL version: 3.14 parm: tg3_debug:Tigon3 bitmapped debugging message enable value version: 3.14 vermagic: 2.6.10-1.770_FC3smp SMP 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-3.4 Network card is Broadcom NetXreme 5704 and server HP proliant 380 G4 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. service network load (some times works, some times not) 2. reboot 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: I could'n get network work properly even with Broadcoms own driver or HP's broadcom driver. I changed to Intel's network card and e100 driver. It seems to more steabel.
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