severity 644906 important
tags 644906 + upstream patch fixed-upstream
found 644906 linux-2.6/2.6.32-39squeeze1
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Hi Holger,
Holger Jeromin wrote:
The patch (e1000e: workaround for packet drop on 82579 at 100Mbps)
hit mainline in v3.1-rc4. Are squeeze 2.6.32.y kernels affected?
As you can see in my smokeping there is still a paket loss in my
internal network:
http://www.katur.de/smokeping/smokeping.cgi?target=Local.Telefon
It would be nice, if you can fix the problem with a new kernel for
squeeze, since the paket loss is not nice for VoIP-Calls :-)
Please test the attached patch, following instructions from [1].
Ben: it looks like there have been 31 commits to the e1000e driver
from 2.6.38 to 3.0.y. The patches marked with '+' seem like
candidates for inclusion in squeeze. '?' generally means I was
too lazy to think about that patch and it might or might not be a
candidate. What do you think?
- 67fd4fcb78a7 (convert to stats64) - no stats64 in squeeze.
- 90da06692532 (reduce scope of some variables, [...]) - cleanup.
- 05b9321405ef (Use kmemdup rather than duplicating its
implementation) - cleanup.
- 79f5e8401437 (replace unbounded sprintf with snprintf) - no-op,
since interface names have length = 15 by definition.
- 5c1bda0aa32e (use correct pointer when memcpy'ing a 2-dimensional
array) - cosmetic.
? 5962bc21ceaa (return appropriate errors for 'ethtool -r' when
invoked while interface is not up or when auto-negotiation is
disabled)
? ff938e43d39e (net: use pci_dev-revision, again). Seems harmless.
+ ef5ab89cf7ed (use dev_kfree_skb_irq() instead of dev_kfree_skb())
- d8d5f8aebb85 (magic number cleanup - ETH_ALEN) - cosmetic.
+ 5661aeb08edc (extend timeout for ethtool link test diagnostic)
+ 1effb45cca29 (extend EEE LPI timer to prevent dropped link)
+ 6cc7aaed70c9 (do not toggle LANPHYPC value bit when PHY reset is
blocked)
+ 23e4f0613067 (disable jumbo frames on 82579 when MACsec enabled in
EEPROM)
+ 4a29e15515ea (do not suggest the driver supports Wake-on-ARP)
? 70d279a7e2a6 (bump version number) - probably a good idea. Would
the lack of stats64 support confuse people?
- aa3386015811 (PM: Remove CONFIG_PM_OPS) - already applied.
- 25985edcedea (Fix common misspellings) - cosmetic.
? 1bba4386ab4f (convert short duration msleep() to usleep_range()) -
requires 5e7f5a178b (introducing usleep_range timer) which is not
in squeeze.
+ a5cc764206a3 (PCIe link speed in GT/s, not GB/s) - printk typofix
- 86d70e532c35 (convert to new VLAN model) - no ETH_FLAG_TXVLAN in
squeeze.
- 2084b114e3fb (fix stats locking in e1000_watchdog_task) - no
stats64 in squeeze.
? 78cd29d5a92a (If ASPM L0s needs to be disabled, do it prior to
enabling device) - no effect except in nonstandard configurations,
I think
- dbf80dcbd8ca (implement ethtool set_phys_id) - no set_phys_id in
squeeze.
+ 25db0338813a (Use full 32 bit speed range in ethtool's
set_settings)
- 707394972093 (cosmetic: Use ethtool ethtool_cmd_speed API) -
cosmetic.
+ 14ad2513ed5b (more robust ethtool duplex/speed configuration)
- d64a6f4dca0b (minor comment cleanups)
? 9f728f53dd70 (PCI/e1000e: Add and use pci_disable_link_state_locked())
- 70c71606190e (Add appropriate linux/prefetch.h include for
prefetch users) - not needed in squeeze.
+ 716ae31687f2 (alternate MAC address does not work on device id 0x1060)
+ 9202d3166127 (workaround for packet drop on 82579 at 100Mbps)
Hope that helps,
Jonathan
[1]
http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html#s-common-official
or the corresponding page in the debian-kernel-handbook package
From: Bruce Allan bruce.w.al...@intel.com
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 05:52:56 +
Subject: e1000e: workaround for packet drop on 82579 at 100Mbps
commit 0ed013e28fe853244f4972cf18d8e2bd62eeb8fc upstream.
The MAC can drop short packets when the PHY detects noise on the line at
100Mbps due to a timing issue. Workaround the issue by increasing the PLL
counter so the PHY properly recognizes the synchronization pattern from the
MAC.
Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan bruce.w.al...@intel.com
Tested-by: Jeff Pieper jeffrey.e.pie...@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher jeffrey.t.kirs...@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder jrnie...@gmail.com
---
drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c | 19 ++-
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c
index fb46974cfec1..92812f439860 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c
@@ -137,8 +137,9 @@
#define HV_PM_CTRL PHY_REG(770, 17)
/* PHY Low Power Idle Control */
-#define I82579_LPI_CTRLPHY_REG(772, 20)
-#define I82579_LPI_CTRL_ENABLE_MASK0x6000
+#define I82579_LPI_CTRLPHY_REG(772, 20)
+#define I82579_LPI_CTRL_ENABLE_MASK0x6000
+#define I82579_LPI_CTRL_FORCE_PLL_LOCK_COUNT 0x80
/*
