On 07/15/12 11:42, Dave, Tushar N wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Joe Jin [mailto:joe....@oracle.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 9:34 PM
>> To: Dave, Tushar N
>> Cc: e1000-de...@lists.sf.net; net...@vger.kernel.org; linux-
>> ker...@vger.kernel.org
>> Subject: Re: 82571EB: Detected Hardware Unit Hang
>>
>> On 07/13/12 12:10, Dave, Tushar N wrote:
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Joe Jin [mailto:joe....@oracle.com]
>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 4:46 PM
>>>> To: Dave, Tushar N
>>>> Cc: e1000-de...@lists.sf.net; net...@vger.kernel.org; linux-
>>>> ker...@vger.kernel.org
>>>> Subject: Re: 82571EB: Detected Hardware Unit Hang
>>>>
>>> Thanks for sending full dmesg log. I am still investigating. I think
>> this issue can occur if two PCIe link partner *i.e pcie bridge and pcie
>> device do not have same max payload size.
>>> I need 2 more info.
>>> 1) PBA number of the card.
>>
>> This is a remote server and I could not get this.
>>
>>> 2) full lspci -vvv output of entire system 'after you have changed max
>> payload size to 128'.
> 
> Somehow setting max payload to 256 from BIOS does not set this value for all 
> devices. I believe this is a BIOS bug.
> All devices in path from root complex to 82571, should have same max payload 
> size otherwise it can cause hang. When you set max payload to 128 from BIOS, 
> all device in path from root complex to 82571 got assigned same max payload 
> size. This resolves the issue.
> 
> I hope this helps.

Tushar,

Thanks a lot for your help, will send this to hardware engineer.

Regards,
Joe

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