e1000 with 82546EB parts on 2.4?

e1000 with 82546EB parts on 2.4?

[Matthew Dharm]

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I'm working with some hardware that may or may not be completely reliable,
and trying to figure out if something I'm seeing is a 'known issue' or
something strange about my setup (which is entirely possible).

I'm using 2.4.20 with some custom hardware.

What I've got is your basic x86 machine with an Intel 82546EB dual-GigE
controller on a PCI bus.  I load e1000.o, ifconfig, and I'm running.  The
interface is solid as a rock, AFAICT.  I've left it running for days
without any problems.

However, if I ifdown and then ifup the interface, I'm borked.  Based on
tcpdump from another machine, the interface is definately transmitting
packets just fine.  But, it never seems to notice any packets on the
receive side.

Has anyone seen anything like this before?

Matt

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Matthew Dharm                              Home: mdharm-usb@one-eyed-alien.net 
Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver

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DP: "Microsoft Works"
A:  Uh, okay, you win.
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Re: e1000 with 82546EB parts on 2.4?

[Zwane Mwaikambo]

On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Matthew Dharm wrote:

> What I've got is your basic x86 machine with an Intel 82546EB dual-GigE
> controller on a PCI bus.  I load e1000.o, ifconfig, and I'm running.  The
> interface is solid as a rock, AFAICT.  I've left it running for days
> without any problems.
> 
> However, if I ifdown and then ifup the interface, I'm borked.  Based on
> tcpdump from another machine, the interface is definately transmitting
> packets just fine.  But, it never seems to notice any packets on the
> receive side.

Does unloading and reloading the module 'fix' things?

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Re: e1000 with 82546EB parts on 2.4?

[Matthew Dharm]

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On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 03:13:31AM -0400, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Matthew Dharm wrote:
> 
> > What I've got is your basic x86 machine with an Intel 82546EB dual-GigE
> > controller on a PCI bus.  I load e1000.o, ifconfig, and I'm running.  The
> > interface is solid as a rock, AFAICT.  I've left it running for days
> > without any problems.
> > 
> > However, if I ifdown and then ifup the interface, I'm borked.  Based on
> > tcpdump from another machine, the interface is definately transmitting
> > packets just fine.  But, it never seems to notice any packets on the
> > receive side.
> 
> Does unloading and reloading the module 'fix' things?

Only sometimes.

Matt

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Matthew Dharm                              Home: mdharm-usb@one-eyed-alien.net 
Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver

I'm just trying to think of a way to say "up yours" without getting fired.
					-- Stef
User Friendly, 10/8/1998

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