Покотиленко Костик wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Can somebody investigate please? Bug posted 19.01.2010/
> 
> I have tried:
> - 2.6.29 + igb 2.0.6
> - 2.6.30 + igb 2.0.6
> - 2.6.30 + igb 2.1.9
> 
> all resulting in deep hang or network down or reboot in 1-20 hours
> randomly.
> 
> I have only 3 more variations to try:
> - 2.6.30 + in kernel igb
> - 2.6.32 + in kernel igb
> - 2.6.32 + igb 2.1.9
> 
> And please can somebody tell which one of the drivers is to be
> considered more stable, the one in kernel or the one from sf.net?

I'm curious.  You say the device is causing reboots.  Is this due to a kernel 
panic followed by a reboot or does the system just reboot?  If the entire 
system is rebooting I would suspect a bigger issue such as problems in the 
system memory, power issues, or an issue in the kernel.  

In 2907473 you mentioned also having SATA issues.  This leads me to wonder if 
there is a problem with the Mainboard or components in the system you are 
currently using.  In the bug you mentioned that you had recently upgraded to 
this server.  Would it be possible to try installing the ET Quad port server 
adapter in that system and run the same tests that you are currently running in 
this system.  My main concern is that this issue could be due to something 
outside of our control since the SATA seemed to be experiencing an I/O stall at 
the same time as the network adapter.  If we can test this in a known good 
platform we might be able to verify if the issue is a problem in the server or 
not.

In the bugs that you filed you mentioned that you have been putting additional 
patches on top of the kernel.  In the tests you have recently done have any of 
the kernels you tested not included the patches you mentioned?  If not you may 
want to try running just a plain kernel and see if the same issues occur.

Thanks,

Alex




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