When I boot my Opensuse machine into KDE desktop I get a “KDE Notification” window that says
Kernel failure message 1:
[184538.704048] ------------ cut here ]------------
[184538.704067] WARNING: at /home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-desktop-3.1.10/linux-3.1/net/sched/sch_generic.c:255 dev_watchdog+0x249/0x260()
[184538.704074] Hardware name: System Product Name
[184538.704080] NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1 (r8169): transmit queue 0 timed out
[184538.704084] Modules linked in: uinput autofs4 rfcomm bnep powernow_k8 mperf microcode snd_hda_codec_via snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_usb_audio snd_usbmidi_lib ir_lirc_codec lirc_dev snd_hwdep ir_mce_kbd_decoder snd_rawmidi ir_rc5_sz_decoder snd_pcm ir_sony_decoder snd_seq_device ir_jvc_decoder snd_timer rc_streamzap ir_rc6_decoder sr_mod snd keyspan ir_rc5_decoder edac_core cdrom sp5100_tco rc_core soundcore ecb btusb cdc_acm bluetooth usbserial snd_page_alloc i2c_piix4 atl1e floppy edac_mce_amd pcspkr rfkill serio_raw k10temp button r8169 wmi pata_atiixp sg crc_itu_t dm_mod linear async_xor xor async_memcpy async_tx raid1 raid0 raid10 nvidia(P) forcedeth edd fan ata_generic sata_nv pata_amd thermal processor thermal_sys
[184538.704233] Pid: 0, comm: kworker/0:1 Tainted: P 3.1.10-1.9-desktop #1
[184538.704238] Call Trace:
[184538.704262] <ffffffff810043fa>] dump_trace+0xaa/0x2b0
[184538.704278] <ffffffff815853e3>] dump_stack+0x69/0x6f
[184538.704293] <ffffffff8105398b>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7b/0xc0
[184538.704305] <ffffffff81053a85>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x45/0x50
[184538.704316] <ffffffff8149d239>] dev_watchdog+0x249/0x260
[184538.704333] <ffffffff81063498>] call_timer_fn+0x48/0x1d0
[184538.704345] <ffffffff81063f45>] run_timer_softirq+0x125/0x2b0
[184538.704357] <ffffffff8105af9a>] __do_softirq+0xaa/0x280
[184538.704370] <ffffffff815a7fec>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30
[184538.704380] <ffffffff81004265>] do_softirq+0x65/0xa0
[184538.704391] <ffffffff8105b4ae>] irq_exit+0x8e/0xd0
[184538.704404] <ffffffff8101efb8>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x68/0xa0
[184538.704416] <ffffffff815a685e>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x6e/0x80
[184538.704433] <ffffffff81029aa2>] native_safe_halt+0x2/0x10
[184538.704445] <ffffffff8100a67d>] default_idle+0x4d/0x2a0
[184538.704458] <ffffffff810011a6>] cpu_idle+0x86/0xd0
[184538.704466] --- end trace cf7f226d44aaae69 ]---
Everything seems to work that I can tell. Including the interface that runs on that 8169 driver. Just this message shows up.
Here’s the info about that card
35: PCI 505.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
[Created at pci.319]
Unique ID: JNkJ.dxt56B5Otr1
Parent ID: qscc.ULOo3yhA66C
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.4/0000:05:05.0
SysFS BusID: 0000:05:05.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Netgear GA311"
Vendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
Device: pci 0x8169 "RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet"
SubVendor: pci 0x1385 "Netgear"
SubDevice: pci 0x311a "GA311"
Revision: 0x10
Driver: "r8169"
Driver Modules: "r8169"
Device File: eth1
I/O Ports: 0xe800-0xe8ff (rw)
Memory Range: 0xfbfffc00-0xfbfffcff (rw,non-prefetchable)
Memory Range: 0xfbfc0000-0xfbfdffff (ro,non-prefetchable,disabled)
IRQ: 20 (19288 events)
HW Address: 00:26:f2:ac:bf:c2
Link detected: yes
Module Alias: "pci:v000010ECd00008169sv00001385sd0000311Abc02sc00i00"
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: r8169 is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe r8169"
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #24 (PCI bridge)
Is something dead or dying?