NETDEV WATCHDOG: internal(r8152): transmit queue 0 timed out

[sean darcy]

On 01/16/2015 07:09 AM, poma wrote:
> On 16.01.2015 10:37, Hayes Wang wrote:
>>   poma [mailto:pomidorabelisima at gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2015 4:25 PM
>> [...]
>>>> This looks like a USB problem. Is there a way to get usb (or
>>>> NetworkManager) to reinitialize the driver when this happens?
>>>
>>> I would ask these people for advice, therefore.
>>
>> Our hw engineers need to analyse the behavior of the device.
>> However, I don't think you have such instrument to provide
>> the required information. If we don't know the reason, we
>> couldn't give you the proper solution. Besides, your solution
>> would work if and only if reloading the driver is helpful.
>>
>> The issue have to debug from the hardware, and I have no idea
>> about what the software could do before analysing the hw. Maybe
>> you could try the following driver first to check if it is useful.
>>
>> http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=2&PNid=13&PFid=56&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Hayes
>>
>
> Thanks for your response, Mr. Hayes.
>
> Mr. Sean, please download and check if "timeout" is still present with built RTL8153 module from REALTEK site, as Mr. Hayes proposed.
> http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=2&PNid=13&PFid=56&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false#2
> r8152.53-2.03.0.tar.bz2
>
> Procedure - should be equal for both, Fedora 21 & 20:
>
> $ uname -r
> 3.17.8-300.fc21.x86_64
>
> $ su -c 'yum install kernel-devel'
>
> $ tar xf r8152.53-2.03.0.tar.bz2
> $ cd r8152-2.03.0/
> $ make
> $ su
>
> # cp 50-usb-realtek-net.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/
> # udevadm trigger --action=add
>
> # modprobe -rv r8152
> # cp r8152.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/updates/
> # depmod
> # modprobe -v r8152
>
>
> poma
>
OK, will do.

In the meantime, here's the kernel log showing the timeout, the removal 
of the usb ethernet adapter, and it's reinsertion:


Jan 15 00:15:18 kernel: r8152 2-1:1.0 internal: Tx timeout
Jan 15 00:15:23 kernel: r8152 2-1:1.0 internal: Tx timeout
Jan 15 00:15:29 kernel: usb 2-1: USB disconnect, device number 4
Jan 15 00:15:29 kernel: r8152 2-1:1.0 internal: Tx status -108
.....................
Jan 15 00:15:29 kernel: r8152 2-1:1.0 internal: Tx status -108
Jan 15 00:15:29 kernel: r8152 2-1:1.0 internal: Tx status -108
Jan 15 00:15:31 kernel: usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 5 
using ehci-pci
Jan 15 00:15:31 kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, 
idProduct=8152
Jan 15 00:15:31 kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, 
Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Jan 15 00:15:31 kernel: usb 2-1: Product: USB 10/100 LAN
Jan 15 00:15:31 kernel: usb 2-1: Manufacturer: CE-LINK
Jan 15 00:15:31 kernel: usb 2-1: SerialNumber: ...........
Jan 15 00:15:31 kernel: usb 2-1: reset high-speed USB device number 5 
using ehci-pci
Jan 15 00:15:31 kernel: r8152 2-1:1.0 eth0: v1.06.1 (2014/10/01)
Jan 15 00:15:32 kernel: r8152 2-1:1.0 internal: renamed from eth0
Jan 15 00:15:32 systemd-udevd[12869]: renamed network interface eth0 to 
internal
Jan 15 00:15:32 kernel: IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): internal: link is not 
ready
Jan 15 00:15:34 kernel: IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): internal: link 
becomes ready