We have one of the Supermicro models (X8DTL-6F) here in the lab and were
able to reproduce some of the issues that were reported on those platforms
with on-board 82574 parts. Specifically Tx hangs that can lead to loss of 
connecticity. The system became much more stable after we updated the IPMI FW. 

Could you please update your IPMI FW and report back with results?

To get the updated FW - go to the Supermicro web page related to your
sepcific system model and click on "Update Your Bios" link. Current version
of IPMI for those systems is 1.29.  

Thanks,
Emil

-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Chekholko [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 3:48 PM
To: Tantilov, Emil S
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] sf bugid 2945058 - e1000e and 82574L problems

On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:40:11 -0700
"Tantilov, Emil S" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Alex Chekholko wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I have 17 new nodes, all identical.  Identical hw, identical sw, and
> > I can reproduce this problem on any one of the nodes (well, honestly,
> > I only tried three, but I assume the other 14 will have the same
> > issue).  But I suppose that doesn't necessarily rule out a hw
> > problem, they could all have the same hw problem.
> 
> What is the kernel version and the version of the driver you are using? 
> Also information about the system (including lspci output) would be very 
> helpful.
> 

Sorry, forgot to mention that I have that listed in the bug tracker.  But I 
will reproduce it here.
This link to the bug may work:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2945058&group_id=42302&atid=447449

kernel (EL 5.4 stock latest): 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5

e1000e latest from sourceforge:
e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - 1.1.2-NAPI
same issue with the driver included in EL5.4 by default, that one is 1.0.2-k2

'lspci -v' output:
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection
        Subsystem: Super Micro Computer Inc Unknown device 0605
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 169
        Memory at faee0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
        I/O ports at dc00 [size=32]
        Memory at faedc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 
Enable-
        Capabilities: [e0] Express Endpoint IRQ 0
        Capabilities: [a0] MSI-X: Enable+ Mask- TabSize=5
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number 82-ed-dd-ff-ff-48-30-00

05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection
        Subsystem: Super Micro Computer Inc Unknown device 0605
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 177
        Memory at fafe0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
        I/O ports at ec00 [size=32]
        Memory at fafdc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 
Enable-
        Capabilities: [e0] Express Endpoint IRQ 0
        Capabilities: [a0] MSI-X: Enable+ Mask- TabSize=5
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number 83-ed-dd-ff-ff-48-30-00

-- 
Alex Chekholko   [email protected]

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