Todd,
>From the spec update I didn't see the similar problems. I will upgrade
driver to have a try. This problem only occurs once a long time, so it's
not easy to see whether the new driver works well right now.
Thanks,
Paul
On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 12:53 AM, Fujinaka, Todd <[email protected]>wrote:
> Nothing jumped out at me when I checked, but here's the documentation
> check I did to see if there was something obvious. First, download the
> specification update for your part (go to intel.com and search for
> "82571EB spec update"). Then, check the release date for your driver (I
> usually just check e1000.sourceforge.net and look at the dates for the
> files there). You should be able to look at the changes in the spec update
> and everything after the time of your driver release is new, but should be
> fixed in later drivers.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Todd Fujinaka
> Software Application Engineer
> Networking Division (ND)
> Intel Corporation
> [email protected]
> (503) 712-4565
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:29 PM
> To: Dave, Tushar N
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] Abnormal link down after running long time
>
> Dave,
>
> Thanks for your suggestion.
>
> The server is running something important traffic. I worry that upgrading
> the driver will cause other stability problems. If the old driver was
> possible to cause my problems, then I will have to replace it.
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 3:08 AM, Dave, Tushar N <[email protected]
> >wrote:
>
> > >-----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
> >
> > -Tushar
> >
>
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