[ltp] e1000 use causes random machine lockups on T60p

[Andreas Oberritter]

Brad Langhorst wrote:
> I now have 5 days (count em) 5 days of uptime...
> 
> It took me forever to figure out what was causing these random lockups.
> tried USB, video drivers, heat issues, swapping memory, not using
> sound...
> Finally switched to using wifi instead of wired ethernet and I've been
> lockup free for quite a while...
> 
> I still don't know if it's hardware or software yet.
> 
> I'm using ubuntu hardy 8.04.1
> 
> With the standard kernel 
> 2.6.24-21-generic
> 
> I'll try intrepid soon, but I wonder if anybody else had the same issue?

I doesn't cause lockups on my T60p on intrepid. But the driver used in
intrepid (and maybe in hardy, too) has a problem with power management.

See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/42572.

That's why I'm using a patched version of the driver.

Regards,
Andreas