[CentOS] Lockup using stock r8169 on 4.8 in gigabit mode during heavy transfer on lan

Fri Jan 29 18:14:57 UTC 2010
Jason Pyeron <jpyeron at pdinc.us>

I have no output in the logs, but /etc/init.d/network restart fixes the issue.
I am rsync/scp (10GB) data from one 100MB Full duplex host to an ASUS M3A78-EM
(RTL8111B/C). It locks up around the 1.5GB Tx mark.
If I ethtool -s eth0 autoneg off speed 100 duplex full it does not happen again.

Ideas?

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