I would like you to try some specific steps, we need to make *sure* the workarounds are not working so we aren't re-inventing the wheel, and I muddied the water before by giving you the wrong syntax.
# tar xzvf e1000-8.0.23.tar.gz # cd e1000-8.0.23/src # make # rmmod e1000; insmod ./e1000.ko ignore_64bit_dma=1 # <configure an address> if this worked correctly # cat /sys/module/e1000/parameters/ignore_64bit_dma 1 also, did you try 'apic=force' ? you can change boot options even on a live cd, as long as it brings up a bootloader of some kind there should be a way to add some options (there always is in my experience). -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 8:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] tx unit hang fc11 Any ideas on this Jesse? Does anything jump out at you or am I screwed? I do have an Intel box that I could boot a FC12 64bit livecd that has the card. And send you the output of if this might help to find the issue. Jon Quoting Jesse Brandeburg <[email protected]>: > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 6:17 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> Quoting "Brandeburg, Jesse" <[email protected]>: >> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, 21 Oct 2010, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> I am still having this issue but it seems to only be on x86_64. I used >>>> a Knoppix disk to boot with and the card worked with no issues using a >>>> 32bit kernel. I downloaded the latest kernel from kernel.org and >>>> compiled it and the issue returns using a 64bit kernel. >>> >>> huh, that is pretty interesting. Does your machine have >= >>> 4GB ram? Did >>> you ever try enabling the APIC with apic=force kernel boot option? >> >> Yes it has 6GB of RAM. I have never tried apic=force as a boot option >> I will try that. I thought the default was for apic to be enabled so I >> have tried it with apic=no. >> >> I have tried ignore_64bit_dma=1 and still get the same issue. I am >> using modprobe ignore_64bit_dma=1 e1000, that is the correct way to >> load it with that option? I have also tried TXDescriptorStep=4 along > > I think the syntax is modprobe ./e1000.ko ignore_64bit_dma=1 > of course only after make install > >> with and without the ignore_64bit_dma option. >> >> I am right now trying to figure out how to get the dmesg.log from >> knoppix whch seems to truncate it. Tushar has asked me for this so I >> have been waiting to post back until I got it when I noticed your reply. > > you might be able to boot the knoppix kernel with a kernel option to > increase the dmesg log buffer size (think its called log_buf_size ?). > >> >> While I'm trying to figure out the dmesg problem what else if anything >> would you need, cat /proc/interrupts or any thing else? > > cat /proc interrupts on the 32 bit kernel and the full dmesg (i know > you're working on it) you maybe just want to do dmesg > file.txt > >> >> Just a note, I have tried the last three versions of the module all >> with the same results. >> >> I am getting close to just installing a 32bit kernel but all of my >> VM's are 64bit so it would be a huge hassle. :) > > The 64bit dma fix is precisely for the problem you're describing, also > the descriptor step workaround has been known to help in amd systems. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ 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
