Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757204AbYHVLdp (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:33:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752252AbYHVLdh (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:33:37 -0400 Received: from torres.zugschlus.de ([85.214.68.41]:45873 "EHLO torres.zugschlus.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752172AbYHVLdg (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:33:36 -0400 Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:33:32 +0200 From: Marc Haber To: Michael Chan Cc: Matthew Carlson , David Miller , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: 2.6.26/tg3 ping roundtrip times > 2000 ms on local network Message-ID: <20080822113332.GD10603@torres.zugschlus.de> References: <20080821160928.GB21967@torres.zugschlus.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1510 Lines: 43 On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 09:21:28AM -0700, Michael Chan wrote: > Marc Haber wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 07:11:50AM -0700, Michael Chan wrote: > > > On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 10:47 -0700, Marc Haber wrote: > > > > Now I need to understand why the other, nearly[1] > > identical box didn't > > > > need the patch to function properly. > > > > > > It depends on whether you have ASF enabled or not and what > > version of > > > ASF you have. ASF is management firmware running inside > > the NIC. When > > > the tg3 driver loads, it will show ASF[1] in dmesg if ASF > > is enabled. > > > > Both machines have that string in their dmesg. > > > > It may be different versions of ASF. Try ethtool -i eth0. It > may tell us the firmware version. $ sudo ethtool -i eth0 driver: tg3 version: 3.92.1 firmware-version: 5704-v3.26 bus-info: 0000:02:00.0 The other box is the same, only that bus-info ends in .1, and the .0 device is unused. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 -- 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/