Hello, With a 82559EB card a customer often comes into the situation that no packet can be received anymore until network restart. The symptom is that the rx_missed_errors register counts each packet but no more packets can be seen by the kernel.
We are using a 2.6.32 kernel with version: 2.0.44-k2. I am aware that this is an old driver version, but please give me a chance to explain why I'm asking for information anyway: - The driver is part of the 2.6.32 stable branch. - It takes 2 - 10 days to reproduce it in the lab. So if we use a newer version, we cannot be sure that the problem is fixed just because we don't see it anymore. - According to the customer the issue started with an update that adds the memory boundary and disables packet split (errata #45). PSRTYPE register is not initialized in this version. Everything in the previous version worked (so with the even older driver). - It is a critical customer. If we provide a new version and it fails again this will become a problem. - All reports about this issue end up without resolution or the advice to update the driver. I really tried to extract an explanation or the exact changeset that fixes the issue. But I failed. So for documentation purposes it would be a good thing to make the solution googleble. Don Skidmore wrote in: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=29F4ED941D916B48B88B4D2A4F3D1B9C01D2E285AF%40orsmsx509.amr.corp.intel.com&forum_name=e1000-devel "Have you tried using the latest Source Forge driver (3.2.9). Including in it was a fix that corrected an erratum that sounds very similar to your issue." I'd greatly appreciate if someone can point me to the right direction. What I'd like to understand is: - What change exactly is the fix for this issue? - How can I verify that I am seeing the same issue (some special register/memory dump/...)? - How can I verify that the issue is fixed. I know - I'm asking for support for a driver that is part of the stable kernel but very old in your development line. So I would be even happier if someone takes the time to answer my questions. Cheers, Martin Martin Zielinski Dipl. Inform Senior Engineer McAfee GmbH Firmensitz: Muenchen Amtsgericht: AG Muenchen Handelsregister: HRB 144340 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Emmet Russell, Keith Krzeminski, Douglas Rice Bankverbindung: ABN-Amro Bank N.V. Konto 671 211 9006 UST-ID: DE168122444 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
