[STAGING] r8169 driver crashes machine when communicating with prosilica GigE camera

Running 64 bit Lucid with the 2.6.32 kernel, when I attempt to communicate with my prosilica GigE gc-1290c camera (http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/us/products/cameras/gigabit-ethernet/prosilica-gc/gc1290.html) with the prosilica gige sdk (http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/us/products/software/linux/gige-linux-sdk.html), using my gigabit ethernet card ( Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller embeded on a Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P motherboard) with the r8169 kernel module my computer crashes, either the entire system freezes or the screen goes black and the machine restarts. Using this same setup everything worked fine under 9.10 with the 2.6.31 kernel.

I'm unsure of what the exact issue is, but there do appear to have been changes to the r8169 driver from the 2.6.31 to the 2.6.32 release.

After using the other interface, as well as remapping the interface names /etc/udev/70-persistent-net.rules, I managed to successfully launch the precompiled SampleViewer program once. After shutting down the SampleViewer, I attempted to run my program, which interfaces with the prosilica_camera_driver in ros (http://www.ros.org/wiki/prosilica_camera), which is using the 1.20 API version. Running this program caused the computer to crash. Subsequent attempts to run the SampleViewer (any version) also crashed the machine.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-22-generic 2.6.32-22.36
Regression: Yes
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: thermans 22845 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: thermans 22845 F...m pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfbff8000 irq 22'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC889A'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0885,1458a002,00100101'
   Controls : 40
   Simple ctrls : 22
Date: Wed Jun 30 12:14:02 2010
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=5c464286-2b60-4238-af42-ba8475192e41
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. EX58-UD4P
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=fa4d0a6a-a485-42ef-be2d-558cb1e4960d ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
StagingDrivers: rt2870sta
Title: [STAGING]
WpaSupplicantLog:

dmi.bios.date: 05/11/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F8
dmi.board.name: EX58-UD4P
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF8:bd05/11/2009:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnEX58-UD4P:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnEX58-UD4P:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: EX58-UD4P
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.