I still have those ugly drops. Generally it seems it takes 20-48 hours before 
they occour but than it doesn't stop.

The strange thing I've 8 newer boxes using same os and hw where I've never seen 
those drops. Are there different xl 710 hw revisions? I already checked hw 
revision of mainboard.

Stefan

Excuse my typo sent from my mobile phone.

> Am 21.08.2015 um 02:51 schrieb Rose, Gregory V <gregory.v.r...@intel.com>:
> 
> Stefan,
> 
> Late update on this.  I'm being told know that there are additional 
> parameters that may need to be changed.  Please hold until I get this updated 
> information.
> 
> Thanks and regards,
> 
> - Greg
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Rose, Gregory V [mailto:gregory.v.r...@intel.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2015 4:26 PM
>> To: Stefan Priebe
>> Cc: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
>> Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] dropped rx with i40e
>> 
>> 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
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