Hi David, well, I tried e1000, but it's actualy much worse for me. But I'm using much newer (vanilla) kernels, maybe RHEL kernels contain some patch that prevents the problem? I'll have a look. BR nik
On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 09:45:56AM -0600, David S. Ahern wrote: > Last February I dug into where it was getting stuck. See: > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.kvm.devel/13537/match=pci%5fset%5firq > > and follow up posts. > > For the past 5-6 months I've been using the e1000 nic in rhel3 and rhel4 > guests without a problem -- and without the need for guest hacks like > noapic. > > david > > > > xming wrote: > > hi, > > > > I am running kvm-74 and it's getting worse for me (compared to 73, or > > 70,71 w/o issues), I tried virtio, rtl8139 and e1000, > > the network will stall. With 8139 it happens very quick (few MB via > > nfs) and I noticed that I can bring up the network > > by setting the stalled NIC (in the guest) by setting it to promisc and > > -promisc repeatably. > > > > I can now perfectly reproduced the stall and un-stall. > > > > When it's stalled I noticed on the host that the nic is not totally > > gone, arp broadcast still gets out. > > > > Any ideas? > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in > > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > -- ------------------------------------- Nikola CIPRICH LinuxBox.cz, s.r.o. 28. rijna 168, 709 01 Ostrava tel.: +420 596 603 142 fax: +420 596 621 273 mobil: +420 777 093 799 www.linuxbox.cz mobil servis: +420 737 238 656 email servis: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
