Messages in this thread | | | From | "Allan, Bruce W" <> | Date | Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:35:16 -0800 | Subject | RE: e1000e regression (interface hang) with latest -git |
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>-----Original Message----- >From: Ingo Molnar [mailto:mingo@elte.hu] >Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:29 AM >To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Kirsher, Jeffrey T; Brandeburg, Jesse; >Allan, Bruce W; Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P; e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; >netdev@vger.kernel.org >Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki >Subject: e1000e regression (interface hang) with latest -git > > >I've got a Nehalem testbox that developed a new e1000e problem in this >merge window: after a few minutes of uptime the network interface goes >dead - no rx and no tx. If i ifdown/ifup the interface it comes back. If i >wait too long then even ifdown/ifup does not help anymore - only a reboot. > >Other e1000e using testboxes i have are working just fine - so the problem >is specific to this hw. > >Is this a known problem? > >I have this hw: > > 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82575EB Gigabit Network >Connection (rev 02) > 01:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82575EB Gigabit Network >Connection (rev 02) > >If this is a new problem, what kind of other info do you need from me to >debug and fix this? > >I started seeing this very early in the merge window, so candidates would >be one of these early commits: > >eb14f01: Merge branch 'master' of >master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 >cb7b48f: igb/e1000e: Naming interrupt vectors >5b9ab2e: Merge branch 'master' of >master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 >e243455: e1000e: check return code from NVM accesses and fix bank >detection >a20e4cf: e1000e: fix incorrect link status when switch module pulled >8452759: e1000e: store EEPROM version number to prevent unnecessary NVM >reads >0285c8d: e1000e: cosmetic newline in debug message >5c48ef3: e1000e: sync change flow control variables with ixgbe >8f12fe8: e1000e: link up/down messages must follow a specific format >75eb0fa: e1000e: ESB2 config after link up >438b365: e1000e: check return of pci_save_state >1605927: e1000e: update comments listing supported parts for each MAC >family >63dcf3d: e1000e: 82571 check for link fix on 82571 serdes >5aa49c8: e1000e: commit speed/duplex changes for m88 PHY >005cbdf: e1000e: disable correctable errors for quad ports while going to >D3 >0082982: netdev: add more functions to netdevice ops >651c246: e1000e: convert to net_device_ops >198d6ba: Merge branch 'master' of >master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 >6ea7ae1: e1000e: enable ECC correction on 82571 silicon >4cf1653: netdevice: safe convert to netdev_priv() #part-2 >babcda7: drivers/net: Kill now superfluous ->last_rx stores. >7c510e4: net: convert more to %pM > >If you suspect a specific list of commits i can test their revert. (But >the box is a slow booter and the problem can take up to 15 minutes to >trigger so i'd rather not spend half a day bisecting it, if it can be >avoided.) > >Thanks, > > Ingo
82575EB is not supported by e1000e, it is supported by igb. Are you sure that is the correct device? Please send the system log and output of:
# for dev in `lspci | grep Ethernet | awk ' { print $1 } '`; do lspci -s $dev -vvv -n; done
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