Please provide the output of 'ethtool -i' and 'ethtool' for each XL710/X710 interface in the system as well as the output of 'dmesg' *after* the error has occurred.
Thanks, - Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Fletcher [mailto:andy.fletc...@ukdedicated.com] > Sent: Friday, November 27, 2015 9:16 AM > To: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [E1000-devel] i40e and bonding > > Hello, > > We’re trying to get the XL710 working with the Linux bonding driver, but > the driver simply refuses to enslave the 10G interfaces: > > # ifenslave bond1 p1p1 > > Master ‘bond1', Slave 'p1p1': Error: Enslave failed strace on this shows: > ioctl(3, SIOCBONDENSLAVE, 0x7ffd6c35c560) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument) > > > Furthermore, if moving from our distro (RHEL6) driver (1.2.9-k) to > anything from the i40e stable, this causes a kernel panic on bringing up > the bonded interface. > > The driver notes say that bonding is supported, so it’s not clear why this > is failing. Can anyone confirm if this is actually supported? > > Kernel panic: > <6>bond1: Enslaving p2p1 as an active interface with an up link > <1>BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at > 000000000000001c > <1>IP: [<ffffffffa02b4b57>] i40e_tx_map+0x77/0x4b0 [i40e] <4>PGD 0 > <4>Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP > <4>last sysfs file: /sys/devices/virtual/net/bond1/broadcast > <4>CPU 18 > <4>Modules linked in: bonding i40e(U) ipv6 microcode sg joydev > ipmi_devintf iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support dcdbas tg3 power_meter acpi_ipmi > ipmi_si ipmi_msghandler configfs ptp pps_core sb_edac edac_core lpc_ich > mfd_core shpchp ext4 jbd2 mbcache sr_mod cdrom sd_mod crc_t10dif > megaraid_sas ahci wmi dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod [last > unloaded: i40e] <4> > > > > -- > Andy > > > > > > This message and any attachments may be private or confidential. If you > have received this message in error then please remove it from your > systems and notify us. All communications are subject to: > http://www.ukdedicated.com/email/ > > UKDedicated Ltd - Registered in England and Wales - No. 04625539. VAT No. > GB814020091. Registered Office: 3 Centro, Boundary Way, Hemel Hempstead, > HP2 7SU > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > _______________________________________________ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Go from Idea to Many App Stores Faster with Intel(R) XDK Give your users amazing mobile app experiences with Intel(R) XDK. Use one codebase in this all-in-one HTML5 development environment. Design, debug & build mobile apps & 2D/3D high-impact games for multiple OSs. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=254741911&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ 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