Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:08:57 +0800 | From | Shane Arnold <> | Subject | Re: Bringing up secondary rtl8169-based interface causes network hang/dma issues |
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Well it seems I have solved it by disabling APIC and MSI/MSI-X interrupts. Both NIC's up and playing nicely.
Now just to figure out why it's not communicating with anything...
Thanks Francois!
Francois Romieu wrote: > Shane Arnold <clontarf_x@iinet.net.au> : > [...] >> The issue I am having is when bringing up a second Ethernet interface >> that uses the rtl8169 driver, it seems to cause network issues. I lose >> all network connectivity to the machine, and I simultaneously see a DMA >> error occur for my primary IDE drive. >> >> Two interfaces: >> >> Quote: >> eth0 (rtl8168 (using rtl8169 driver) - Onboard PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet) >> eth1 (rtl8169 (using rtl8169 driver) - RTL8169 PCI Gigabit Ethernet) > ^^^^^^^ > Do you mean the in-kernel r8169 driver or Realtek's one ? > >> The chipset running the IDE drive that experiences the DMA crash is: >> >> Quote: >> ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller (atiixp) >> Vitals: >> >> Debian 5.0.1 @ Kernel 2.6.30 >> >> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge >> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 9602 >> 00:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge >> (PCIE port 2) >> 00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA >> Controller [IDE mode] >> 00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 >> Controller >> 00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller >> 00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller >> 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 >> Controller >> 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller >> 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller >> 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3a) >> 00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller >> 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller >> 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge >> 00:14.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI2 >> Controller >> 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] >> HyperTransport Technology Configuration >> 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] >> Address Map >> 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] >> DRAM Controller >> 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] >> Miscellaneous Control >> 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3200 >> Graphics >> 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. >> RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02) >> 03:07.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04) >> 03:07.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy Game Port (rev 04) >> 03:07.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (rev 04) > > The second (PCI only ?) network card is plugged and lspci does not display > it, right ? > >> The output from kern.log is as follows (right after bringing the link up) > > Please send a complete dmesg from boot and the content of /proc/interrupts > once the link is brought up. > > [...] >> If you guys need any package versions just ask. Also feel free to point >> me in the direction of a better place to post this issue. > > It is suggested to send network related problems to netdev@vger.kernel.org >
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