>-----Original Message----- >From: Paul [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 12:14 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [E1000-devel] Abnormal link down after running long time > >Hi, All, > >I met a strange NIC link down problem and couldn't find any useful clues >by now. > >I ran RHEL6.0 (kernel version: 2.6.32.71), and used Intel 82571EB Gigabit >Ethernet Controller. The version of e1000e driver was 1.2.7, which was the >original version in RHEL6.0. My system could run for several months, but >suddenly saw these messages in log: >May 19 18:46:37 (none) kernel: e1000e: eth1 NIC Link is Down May 19 >18:46:39 (none) kernel: e1000e: eth1 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, >Flow Control: RX/TX Then eth1 couldn't be used any more. I checked the >cables and the switch. >Both had no problems. After rebooting the system and not touching anything >else, then it could work again. > >Previously I didn't notice this problem. But now I viewed the old logs and >found it happened for several times. Each time the system could run for >several months. The network traffic over the NIC was not heavy. > >This problem could be reproduced on another hardware with the same >hardware and software configuration. > >Is it related to a bug of e1000e? The driver version 1.2.7 seems very old. >Is it useful if I upgrade the driver? Yes, the driver you are using is very old. It is a good idea to try recently released driver. http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000/files/?source=navbar
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