Stefan, You will need to run the update utility again but this time edit the nvmupdate.cfg file to change this:
SKIP OROM: TRUE to this: SKIP OROM: FALSE That should then also update the option ROM for the PXE utility. Regards, - Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: Stefan Priebe [mailto:s.pri...@profihost.ag] > Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 10:40 AM > To: Rose, Gregory V > Cc: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] dropped rx with i40e > > Correct message: > PXE-m10: The application for the device detected a newer version of the > nvm image than expexted. > > So how do i update the application code of the XL710? > > Stefan > Am 19.08.2015 um 19:04 schrieb Stefan Priebe - Profihost AG: > > An additional question since I've updated to latest xl710 firmware > > released 17 August the cards show at boot time (bios init/ post) > > something like application code detected a newer nvm image than > > expected please update application software. But I can't find an > > application code update for the xl710 cards. > > > > Stefan > > > > Excuse my typo sent from my mobile phone. > > > > Am 19.08.2015 um 18:20 schrieb Rose, Gregory V > > <gregory.v.r...@intel.com > > <mailto:gregory.v.r...@intel.com>>: > > > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Stefan Priebe - Profihost AG [mailto:s.pri...@profihost.ag] > >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 12:01 AM > >>> To: Rose, Gregory V; e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > >>> <mailto:e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > >>> Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] dropped rx with i40e > >>> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> sad you are not able to reproduce. The good thing i can't reproduce > >>> myself either ;-( > >>> > >>> it just happens out of nothing on the nodes. My current expection is > >>> that it happens when spikes of packets occur after being idle for some > time. > >>> > >> > >> OK, my traffic generation was fairly constant. Let me modify it to > >> send bursts of traffic after long idle periods. Maybe that will help > >> to reproduce. > >> > >> Something you might try is examining your systems' BIOS settings for > >> sleep states and make sure the machines don't go too deep into a > >> sleep state when they're idle. The time it takes to come from sleep > >> state to handling traffic bursts can cause some dropped packets. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> - Greg > >> > >>> The good news is after upgrading to the latest intel fw released two > >>> days ago and to the latest 1.3.38 driver - it works on 10 out of my > >>> 18 testing hosts. > >>> > >>> Currently i've no idea why it does not on those 8. > >>> > >>> Stefan > >>> Am 19.08.2015 um 00:24 schrieb Rose, Gregory V: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>> From: Stefan Priebe - Profihost AG [mailto:s.pri...@profihost.ag] > >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 12:28 AM > >>>>> To: Rose, Gregory V; e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > >>>>> <mailto:e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > >>>>> Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] dropped rx with i40e > >>>>> > >>>>> Hi Greg, > >>>>> > >>>>> could you tell me the output of ethtool -i and ethtool -a and > >>>>> ethtool -c and ethtool -k? > >>>> > >>>> OK, I pasted it in below. I ran traffic overnight and there were > >>>> no > >>> dropped packets or other errors. Everything seemed fine. > >>>> > >>>> - Greg > >>>> > >>>> [root@paelab-gvrose ~]# ethtool -i bond0 > >>>> driver: bonding > >>>> version: 3.7.1 > >>>> firmware-version: 2 > >>>> bus-info: > >>>> supports-statistics: no > >>>> supports-test: no > >>>> supports-eeprom-access: no > >>>> supports-register-dump: no > >>>> supports-priv-flags: no > >>>> [root@paelab-gvrose ~]# ethtool -c bond0 Coalesce parameters for > >>>> bond0: > >>>> Cannot get device coalesce settings: Operation not supported > >>>> [root@paelab-gvrose ~]# ethtool -k bond0 Features for bond0: > >>>> rx-checksumming: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-checksumming: on > >>>> tx-checksum-ipv4: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-checksum-ip-generic: on > >>>> tx-checksum-ipv6: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-checksum-fcoe-crc: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-checksum-sctp: off [fixed] > >>>> scatter-gather: on > >>>> tx-scatter-gather: on > >>>> tx-scatter-gather-fraglist: off [requested on] > >>>> tcp-segmentation-offload: on > >>>> tx-tcp-segmentation: on > >>>> tx-tcp-ecn-segmentation: on > >>>> tx-tcp6-segmentation: on > >>>> udp-fragmentation-offload: off [fixed] > >>>> generic-segmentation-offload: on > >>>> generic-receive-offload: on > >>>> large-receive-offload: off > >>>> rx-vlan-offload: on > >>>> tx-vlan-offload: on > >>>> ntuple-filters: off [fixed] > >>>> receive-hashing: off [fixed] > >>>> highdma: on > >>>> rx-vlan-filter: on > >>>> vlan-challenged: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-lockless: on [fixed] > >>>> netns-local: on [fixed] > >>>> tx-gso-robust: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-fcoe-segmentation: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-gre-segmentation: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-ipip-segmentation: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-sit-segmentation: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-udp_tnl-segmentation: on > >>>> tx-mpls-segmentation: off [fixed] > >>>> fcoe-mtu: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-nocache-copy: off > >>>> loopback: off [fixed] > >>>> rx-fcs: off [fixed] > >>>> rx-all: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-vlan-stag-hw-insert: off [fixed] > >>>> rx-vlan-stag-hw-parse: off [fixed] > >>>> rx-vlan-stag-filter: off [fixed] > >>>> l2-fwd-offload: off [fixed] > >>>> busy-poll: off [fixed] > >>>> [root@paelab-gvrose ~]# ethtool -i p4p1 > >>>> driver: i40e > >>>> version: 1.2.47 > >>>> firmware-version: f4.40.35115 a1.4 n4.53 e1ce7 > >>>> bus-info: 0000:82:00.0 > >>>> supports-statistics: yes > >>>> supports-test: yes > >>>> supports-eeprom-access: yes > >>>> supports-register-dump: yes > >>>> supports-priv-flags: yes > >>>> [root@paelab-gvrose ~]# ethtool -c p4p1 Coalesce parameters for p4p1: > >>>> Adaptive RX: on TX: on > >>>> stats-block-usecs: 0 > >>>> sample-interval: 0 > >>>> pkt-rate-low: 0 > >>>> pkt-rate-high: 0 > >>>> > >>>> rx-usecs: 62 > >>>> rx-frames: 0 > >>>> rx-usecs-irq: 0 > >>>> rx-frames-irq: 256 > >>>> > >>>> tx-usecs: 122 > >>>> tx-frames: 0 > >>>> tx-usecs-irq: 0 > >>>> tx-frames-irq: 256 > >>>> > >>>> rx-usecs-low: 0 > >>>> rx-frame-low: 0 > >>>> tx-usecs-low: 0 > >>>> tx-frame-low: 0 > >>>> > >>>> rx-usecs-high: 0 > >>>> rx-frame-high: 0 > >>>> tx-usecs-high: 0 > >>>> tx-frame-high: 0 > >>>> > >>>> [root@paelab-gvrose ~]# ethtool -k p4p1 Features for p4p1: > >>>> rx-checksumming: on > >>>> tx-checksumming: on > >>>> tx-checksum-ipv4: on > >>>> tx-checksum-ip-generic: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-checksum-ipv6: on > >>>> tx-checksum-fcoe-crc: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-checksum-sctp: on > >>>> scatter-gather: on > >>>> tx-scatter-gather: on > >>>> tx-scatter-gather-fraglist: off [fixed] > >>>> tcp-segmentation-offload: on > >>>> tx-tcp-segmentation: on > >>>> tx-tcp-ecn-segmentation: on > >>>> tx-tcp6-segmentation: on > >>>> udp-fragmentation-offload: off [fixed] > >>>> generic-segmentation-offload: on > >>>> generic-receive-offload: on > >>>> large-receive-offload: off [fixed] > >>>> rx-vlan-offload: on > >>>> tx-vlan-offload: on > >>>> ntuple-filters: on > >>>> receive-hashing: on > >>>> highdma: on > >>>> rx-vlan-filter: on > >>>> vlan-challenged: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-lockless: off [fixed] > >>>> netns-local: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-gso-robust: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-fcoe-segmentation: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-gre-segmentation: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-ipip-segmentation: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-sit-segmentation: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-udp_tnl-segmentation: on > >>>> tx-mpls-segmentation: off [fixed] > >>>> fcoe-mtu: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-nocache-copy: off > >>>> loopback: off [fixed] > >>>> rx-fcs: off [fixed] > >>>> rx-all: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-vlan-stag-hw-insert: off [fixed] > >>>> rx-vlan-stag-hw-parse: off [fixed] > >>>> rx-vlan-stag-filter: off [fixed] > >>>> l2-fwd-offload: off [fixed] > >>>> busy-poll: off [fixed] > >>>> [root@paelab-gvrose ~]# ethtool -i p4p4 > >>>> driver: i40e > >>>> version: 1.2.47 > >>>> firmware-version: f4.40.35115 a1.4 n4.53 e1ce7 > >>>> bus-info: 0000:82:00.3 > >>>> supports-statistics: yes > >>>> supports-test: yes > >>>> supports-eeprom-access: yes > >>>> supports-register-dump: yes > >>>> supports-priv-flags: yes > >>>> [root@paelab-gvrose ~]# ethtool -c p4p4 Coalesce parameters for p4p4: > >>>> Adaptive RX: on TX: on > >>>> stats-block-usecs: 0 > >>>> sample-interval: 0 > >>>> pkt-rate-low: 0 > >>>> pkt-rate-high: 0 > >>>> > >>>> rx-usecs: 62 > >>>> rx-frames: 0 > >>>> rx-usecs-irq: 0 > >>>> rx-frames-irq: 256 > >>>> > >>>> tx-usecs: 122 > >>>> tx-frames: 0 > >>>> tx-usecs-irq: 0 > >>>> tx-frames-irq: 256 > >>>> > >>>> rx-usecs-low: 0 > >>>> rx-frame-low: 0 > >>>> tx-usecs-low: 0 > >>>> tx-frame-low: 0 > >>>> > >>>> rx-usecs-high: 0 > >>>> rx-frame-high: 0 > >>>> tx-usecs-high: 0 > >>>> tx-frame-high: 0 > >>>> > >>>> [root@paelab-gvrose ~]# ethtool -k p4p4 Features for p4p4: > >>>> rx-checksumming: on > >>>> tx-checksumming: on > >>>> tx-checksum-ipv4: on > >>>> tx-checksum-ip-generic: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-checksum-ipv6: on > >>>> tx-checksum-fcoe-crc: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-checksum-sctp: on > >>>> scatter-gather: on > >>>> tx-scatter-gather: on > >>>> tx-scatter-gather-fraglist: off [fixed] > >>>> tcp-segmentation-offload: on > >>>> tx-tcp-segmentation: on > >>>> tx-tcp-ecn-segmentation: on > >>>> tx-tcp6-segmentation: on > >>>> udp-fragmentation-offload: off [fixed] > >>>> generic-segmentation-offload: on > >>>> generic-receive-offload: on > >>>> large-receive-offload: off [fixed] > >>>> rx-vlan-offload: on > >>>> tx-vlan-offload: on > >>>> ntuple-filters: on > >>>> receive-hashing: on > >>>> highdma: on > >>>> rx-vlan-filter: on > >>>> vlan-challenged: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-lockless: off [fixed] > >>>> netns-local: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-gso-robust: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-fcoe-segmentation: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-gre-segmentation: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-ipip-segmentation: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-sit-segmentation: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-udp_tnl-segmentation: on > >>>> tx-mpls-segmentation: off [fixed] > >>>> fcoe-mtu: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-nocache-copy: off > >>>> loopback: off [fixed] > >>>> rx-fcs: off [fixed] > >>>> rx-all: off [fixed] > >>>> tx-vlan-stag-hw-insert: off [fixed] > >>>> rx-vlan-stag-hw-parse: off [fixed] > >>>> rx-vlan-stag-filter: off [fixed] > >>>> l2-fwd-offload: off [fixed] > >>>> busy-poll: off [fixed] > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Another difference to the ixgbe is that large-receive-offload is > >>>>> fixed to off in ethtool -k. > >>>>> > >>>>> Stefan > >>>>> Am 17.08.2015 um 23:46 schrieb Rose, Gregory V: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>>>>>> From: Stefan Priebe [mailto:s.pri...@profihost.ag] > >>>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 12:02 PM > >>>>>>>>> To: Rose, Gregory V; e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > >>>>>>>>> <mailto:e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > >>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] dropped rx with i40e > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Am 13.08.2015 um 20:59 schrieb Rose, Gregory V: > >>>>>>>>>> Thanks Stefan, I'll set up a test to replicate your traffic > >>>>>>>>>> profile as > >>>>>>>>> closely as possible and let it run overnight to see if I can > >>>>>>>>> repro and then update you tomorrow. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> It does seem that it has nothing to do with load so that > >>>>>>>>>> makes it even > >>>>>>>>> more curious. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> May it be related to jumbo frames? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Stefan, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I've got the test up and running now. Here's the interface config: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> 6: bond0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,MASTER,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 9000 qdisc > >>>>> noqueue state UP > >>>>>> link/ether 68:05:ca:2f:83:10 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > >>>>>> inet 200.0.0.10/24 brd 200.0.0.255 scope global bond0 > >>>>>> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever > >>>>>> inet6 fe80::6a05:caff:fe2f:8310/64 scope link > >>>>>> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever > >>>>>> 9: p4p1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,SLAVE,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 9000 qdisc > >>>>>> mq > >>>>> master bond0 state UP qlen 1000 > >>>>>> link/ether 68:05:ca:2f:83:10 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > >>>>>> inet6 fe80::6a05:caff:fe2f:8310/64 scope link > >>>>>> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever > >>>>>> 12: p4p4: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,SLAVE,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 9000 qdisc > >>>>>> mq > >>>>> master bond0 state UP qlen 1000 > >>>>>> link/ether 68:05:ca:2f:83:10 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > >>>>>> inet6 fe80::6a05:caff:fe2f:8310/64 scope link > >>>>>> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever > >>>>>> > >>>>>> p4p1 and p4p4 are the i40e interfaces bonded to the bond0 LACP > >>>>> interface. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Here's the traffic results from a transmitter: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Interim result: 9899.84 10^6bits/s over 5.001 seconds ending at > >>>>>> 1439847706.406 Interim result: 9900.15 10^6bits/s over 5.001 > >>>>>> seconds ending at 1439847711.407 > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I have a script watching the dropped packets for the two slaved > >>>>> interfaces p4p1 and p4p4: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Every 1.0s: ./t1 Mon Aug 17 > >>>>> 14:43:31 2015 > >>>>>> > >>>>>> rx_dropped: 0 > >>>>>> tx_dropped: 0 > >>>>>> rx_fcoe_dropped: 0 > >>>>>> port.rx_dropped: 0 > >>>>>> port.tx_dropped_link_down: 0 > >>>>>> rx_dropped: 0 > >>>>>> tx_dropped: 0 > >>>>>> rx_fcoe_dropped: 0 > >>>>>> port.rx_dropped: 0 > >>>>>> port.tx_dropped_link_down: 0 > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I'll let this run overnight and get back to you with results > tomorrow. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Regards, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> - Greg > >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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
