Re: tg3 timeouts with 2.6.17-rc6

2006-06-17 Thread Michael Chan
On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 20:37 -0700, Michael Chan wrote: David Miller wrote: From: Michael Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:27:32 -0700 In the meantime, I wonder if we should disable TSO by default on the 5780 chip for 2.6.17. Sounds reasonable. Would we disable

Re: tg3 timeouts with 2.6.17-rc6

2006-06-17 Thread David Miller
From: Michael Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 11:23:28 -0700 David, Here's the patch if you haven't already made one: [TG3]: Disable TSO by default on 5780 class chips. Sorry, I didn't get a chance to push this into 2.6.17 in time. I will push it into the first 2.6.17.x

tg3 timeouts with 2.6.17-rc6

2006-06-16 Thread Juergen Kreileder
Hi, I'm seeing frequent network timeouts on my PowerMac G5 Quad with 2.6.17-rc6. The timeouts are easily reproducible with moderate network traffic, e.g. by using bittorrent. , | NETDEV WATCHDOG: lan0: transmit timed out | tg3: lan0: transmit timed out, resetting | tg3: tg3_stop_block timed

Re: tg3 timeouts with 2.6.17-rc6

2006-06-16 Thread Michael Chan
Juergen Kreileder I'm seeing frequent network timeouts on my PowerMac G5 Quad with 2.6.17-rc6. The timeouts are easily reproducible with moderate network traffic, e.g. by using bittorrent. Did this use to work with an older kernel or older tg3 driver? If yes, what version? Please also

Re: tg3 timeouts with 2.6.17-rc6

2006-06-16 Thread Juergen Kreileder
Michael Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Juergen Kreileder I'm seeing frequent network timeouts on my PowerMac G5 Quad with 2.6.17-rc6. The timeouts are easily reproducible with moderate network traffic, e.g. by using bittorrent. Did this use to work with an older kernel or older tg3

Re: tg3 timeouts with 2.6.17-rc6

2006-06-16 Thread Juergen Kreileder
Michael Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 23:20 +0200, Juergen Kreileder wrote: Michael Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Did this use to work with an older kernel or older tg3 driver? If yes, what version? Works fine with 2.6.16 and earlier. Please also provide the full

Re: tg3 timeouts with 2.6.17-rc6

2006-06-16 Thread Michael Chan
On Sat, 2006-06-17 at 02:05 +0200, Juergen Kreileder wrote: Michael Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Please try turning TSO off to see if it makes a difference: ethtool -K eth0 tso off Seems to work fine with TSO disabled. Thanks for the information. We'll look into it. If possible,

Re: tg3 timeouts with 2.6.17-rc6

2006-06-16 Thread David Miller
From: Michael Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:27:32 -0700 In the meantime, I wonder if we should disable TSO by default on the 5780 chip for 2.6.17. Sounds reasonable. Would we disable it for all chips that set TG3_FLG2_5780_CLASS or a specific variant? - To unsubscribe from

Re: tg3 timeouts with 2.6.17-rc6

2006-06-16 Thread Michael Chan
David Miller wrote: From: Michael Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:27:32 -0700 In the meantime, I wonder if we should disable TSO by default on the 5780 chip for 2.6.17. Sounds reasonable. Would we disable it for all chips that set TG3_FLG2_5780_CLASS or a specific