Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964846AbWBTK20 (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Feb 2006 05:28:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964848AbWBTK20 (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Feb 2006 05:28:26 -0500 Received: from lucidpixels.com ([66.45.37.187]:45450 "EHLO lucidpixels.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964846AbWBTK2Z (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Feb 2006 05:28:25 -0500 Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 05:28:24 -0500 (EST) From: Justin Piszcz X-X-Sender: jpiszcz@p34 To: Jesse Brandeburg cc: Lee Revell , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jesse Brandeburg Subject: Re: Intel CSA Gigabit Bug in IC7-G Motherboards- Affects Windows/Linux In-Reply-To: <4807377b0602192359g39c3a2fbnffaead2694788783@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <1140392860.2733.433.camel@mindpipe> <4807377b0602192359g39c3a2fbnffaead2694788783@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2462 Lines: 64 > Have you tried running without NAPI? (disable it in your config in the > e1000 section) I have always used NAPI, I will test this later today and let you know the results with NAPI off, thanks. Is there anything I need to be aware of using a CSA-based ethernet device vs. no CSA? Thanks, Justin. On Sun, 19 Feb 2006, Jesse Brandeburg wrote: > On 2/19/06, Justin Piszcz wrote: >> Essentially, when you copy large amounts of data across the NIC it will >> "freeze" the box in Linux (any 2.6.x kernel, have not tried 2.4.x) or >> Windows XP SP2. > > I've heard isolated reports about issues with the CSA connected NIC, > but we've not been able to reproduce much in our labs and (mostly) > people haven't been complaining about it. > >> If you checkout the thread, it occurs for multiple people under various >> OS' but in *some* cases if they use ABIT's IC7-G CSA/INTEL driver, they >> their problems go away. > >> In Linux when I used to use the onboard NIC, it froze the box, I did not >> have sysrq enabled at the time when this happened but frozen I mean screen >> is frozen, no ping, box is inoperative. > > Have you tried running without NAPI? (disable it in your config in the > e1000 section) > >> Nothing pecuilar was ever found in any of the logs or dmesg output >> regarding the crash. >> >> Basically its the first revision of CSA gigabit on a motherboard from what >> I read in the forums and unless you use ABIT's specially crafted driver, >> it will crash the machine when you copy either: >> >> a) large amounts of data over a gigabit link >> or >> b) that death.zip file (unzipped of course) which contains the bad "bits" >> that are probably seen/repeated when copying large amounts of data > > I'll have our lab attempt to reproduce the bug (again) this time using > the special file. I can't speak to the windows crash, sorry. > > please send your .config, cat /proc/interrupts, dmesg after driver is > up, whether NAPI is on, what exact steps you use to reproduce the > problem, what your environment is (i.e. copying to a windows server, > etc) pretty much follow the instructions in > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/lkml/reporting-bugs.html > > Jesse > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/