Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 04:33:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 04:33:39 -0500 Received: from bb94-125.singnet.com.sg ([165.21.94.125]:53657 "HELO accellion.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 04:33:34 -0500 Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 17:33:26 +0800 From: Mathieu Legrand To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Compaq Proliant DL360 + 2.4.1?-* eepro100 and e100 pause when inactive Message-ID: <20011207093326.GA22128@accellion.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="bg08WKrSYDhXBjb5" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.24i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --bg08WKrSYDhXBjb5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello: We have here a Compaq Proliant DL360 server equiped with ethernet controllers Intel 82557 Ethernet Pro 100 (rev 08). It came pre-installed with a old Redhat Linux and since I took it over, I upgraded to a recent Debian GNU/Linux. Debian installation sets a 2.2.19 kernel (compaq array enabled). I compiled a 2.4.14 (the latest at the time) plain Linux kernel. Since then, the ethernet controller seems to pause whenever it is not used. Recovery time ranges from 10 to 15 sec :/. I tried many > 2.4.14 kernels with both eepro100 and e100 drivers, none solved the problem. The kernel running this server is now 2.4.17-pre5 with cpqarray_2.4.20D_for_2.4.15-pre3 patch and e100 module. The pause still occurs. Others Compaq Proliant DL360 we own run Redhat Linux with a plain 2.4.4 (Linus' 2.4.4) using eepro100 driver, and the pause does not occur. The pause did not occur either with the 2.2.19 Debian install kernel. How can I avoid this pause? Does a specific kernel compilation option can help? I noticed eepro100 driver was upgraded soon after 2.4.4, is this related? Keeping the ethernet controller active at all time (pinging continously the server) does help. Delay before pause seems not to be constant, I can abandon the ssh session to the server for hours without having a pause when I return and it also happens to trigger a pause only after a few minutes of inactivity. Mathieu. --=20 Mathieu Legrand GPG: 0x349EBC9961C501D1 fp: D6D2D2D74E6320D99B54 38F3349EBC9961C501D1 - Yoda of Borg are we: Futile is resistance. Assimilate you, we will. --bg08WKrSYDhXBjb5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Pour information voir http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8EIzmNJ68mWHFAdERAq/PAKC3m9xKRCqyLRa6AURskthRFX+rEACgxSG3 UCxDE9uufc973VbX1NmuPUI= =+zpb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --bg08WKrSYDhXBjb5-- - 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/