On Friday 21 May 2010, Markus Kovero wrote: > Latest "fix" for issue is to disable C-states under processor configuration > in bios. this also fixes problems in other OS's (eg. in solaris) Dell has > been aware of the issue for months without real fix, just workarounds.
Note that disabling c-states typically increases idle power significantly. /Peter > Yours > Markus Kovero > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Thompson Sent: > 21. toukokuuta 2010 15:14 > To: Tom Boland > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Dell Power Edge R710 with CentOS > > On Fri, 21 May 2010, Tom Boland wrote: > > ... I had a 410 in to test, and I do believe it uses a different > > broadcom chip. This is one from an R710, as shown in lspci: > > > > 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709 > > Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20) > > > > I think yours will be a BCM 5716, and I'm not able to comment on how the > > drivers are for that chip. > > Indeed the R710 has BCM5709 and the R410 has BCM5716, but both (at least, > the ones I have) are subject to similar issues, even under medium load. > With disable_msi=1, they are both solid. CentOS 5.4. > > Steve > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- Steve Thompson E-mail: smt AT vgersoft DOT com > Voyager Software LLC Web: http://www DOT vgersoft DOT com > 39 Smugglers Path VSW Support: support AT vgersoft DOT com > Ithaca, NY 14850 > "186,300 miles per second: it's not just a good idea, it's the law" > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Peter Kjellström | E-mail: [email protected] National Supercomputer Centre | Sweden | http://www.nsc.liu.se
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