On 2012/12/19 11:04, Joe Jin wrote: > Hi all, > > I backported mps commits and ask customer pass "pci=pcie_bus_peer2pee" to > kernel > to limited MPS to 128 and issue disappeared, sound like this is a BIOS bug. >
Hi Joe, I found similar problem when I do pci hotplug, discussion is here:http://marc.info/?l=linux-pci&m=134810569924220&w=2. We try to improve Linux kernel to debug this problem easily based Bjorn's suggestion. Jon sent out the first version patch http://marc.info/?l=linux-pci&m=135002016005274&w=2. I think we can do further here, http://marc.info/?l=linux-pci&m=135115581307869&w=2. I hope this information can help you. Thanks! Yijing. > Thanks all of your help. > > Best Regards, > Joe > > On 11/29/12 23:52, Fujinaka, Todd wrote: >> Someone else pointed this out to me locally. If you have a non-client BIOS, >> you should be able to set the MaxPayloadSize using setpci. You have to make >> sure that you're being consistent throughout all the associated links. >> >> Todd Fujinaka >> Technical Marketing Engineer >> LAN Access Division (LAD) >> Intel Corporation >> todd.fujin...@intel.com >> (503) 712-4565 >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ethan Zhao [mailto:ethan.ker...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 7:10 PM >> To: Fujinaka, Todd >> Cc: Joe Jin; Ben Hutchings; Mary Mcgrath; net...@vger.kernel.org; >> e1000-de...@lists.sf.net; linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org; linux-pci >> Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] 82571EB: Detected Hardware Unit Hang >> >> Joe, >> Possibly your customer is running a kernel without source code on a >> platform whose vendor wouldn't like to fix BIOS issue( Is that a HP/Dell >> server ?). >> Anyway, to see if is a payload issue or, you could change the payload >> size with setpci tool to those devices and set the link retrain bit to >> trigger the link retraining to debug the issue and identity the root cause. >> I thinks it is much easier than modify the BIOS or eeprom of NIC. >> >> e.g. >> set device control register to 0f 00 (128 bytes payload size) >> # setpci -v -s 00:02.0 98.w=000f >> set device link control register to 60h (retrain the link) >> # setpci -v -s 00:02.0 a0.b=60 >> >> Hope it works, Just my 2 cents. >> >> ethan.z...@oracle.com >> >> On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 11:53 PM, Fujinaka, Todd <todd.fujin...@intel.com> >> wrote: >>> The only EEPROM I know about or can speak to is the one attached to the >>> 82571 and it doesn't set the MaxPayloadSize. That's done by the BIOS. >>> >>> Todd Fujinaka >>> Technical Marketing Engineer >>> LAN Access Division (LAD) >>> Intel Corporation >>> todd.fujin...@intel.com >>> (503) 712-4565 >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Joe Jin [mailto:joe....@oracle.com] >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 12:31 AM >>> To: Ben Hutchings >>> Cc: Fujinaka, Todd; Mary Mcgrath; net...@vger.kernel.org; >>> e1000-de...@lists.sf.net; linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org; linux-pci >>> Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] 82571EB: Detected Hardware Unit Hang >>> >>> On 11/28/12 02:10, Ben Hutchings wrote: >>>> On Tue, 2012-11-27 at 17:32 +0000, Fujinaka, Todd wrote: >>>>> Forgive me if I'm being too repetitious as I think some of this has >>>>> been mentioned in the past. >>>>> >>>>> We (and by we I mean the Ethernet part and driver) can only change >>>>> the advertised availability of a larger MaxPayloadSize. The size is >>>>> negotiated by both sides of the link when the link is established. >>>>> The driver should not change the size of the link as it would be >>>>> poking at registers outside of its scope and is controlled by the >>>>> upstream bridge (not us). >>>> [...] >>>> >>>> MaxPayloadSize (MPS) is not negotiated between devices but is >>>> programmed by the system firmware (at least for devices present at >>>> boot - the kernel may be responsible in case of hotplug). You can >>>> use the kernel parameter 'pci=pcie_bus_perf' (or one of several >>>> others) to set a policy that overrides this, but no policy will allow >>>> setting MPS above the device's MaxPayloadSizeSupported (MPSS). >>>> >>> >>> Ben, >>> >>> Unfortunately I'm using 3.0.x kernel and this is not included in the kernel. >>> So I'm trying to use ethtool modify it from eeprom to see if help or no. >>> >>> >>> Todd, I'll review all MaxPayload for all devices, but need to say if it >>> mismatch, customer could not modify it from BIOS for there was not entry at >>> there, to test it, we have to find how to verify if this is the root cause, >>> so still need to find the offset in eeprom. >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> Joe >>> > > -- Thanks! Yijing ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
