From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965143AbVLVJKY (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Dec 2005 04:10:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965145AbVLVJKY (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Dec 2005 04:10:24 -0500 Received: from headoffice-fe1.getonit.net.au ([202.47.114.19]:48685 "EHLO tsvexchange.getonit.net.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965143AbVLVJKW convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Dec 2005 04:10:22 -0500 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Subject: FW: Kernel oops v2.4.31 in e1000 network card driver. X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 19:10:04 +1000 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Kernel oops v2.4.31 in e1000 network card driver. Thread-Index: AcXwLCctHQNGj04wRESICHjFnwchmgWqjt0g From: "Tim Warnock" To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Further information to this: Network card causing the problem is the intel quad port gigabit ethernet pci card. I have tested also on 2.4.27, 2.4.32 and the latest 2.6 series kernel. Under load (10-15kpps) the network driver crashes. Under increased load (20-30kpps) the driver will actually cause a full kernel panic and reboot the box. After replacing the card with a single port intel gigabit ethernet pci card, the system has been rock stable. According to intel, the quad port nic is based around the "Intel(r) 82546EB" controller, the single port nic is based around the "Intel(r) 82545" controller. Are there any other known problems with Intel(r) 82546EB controller support with the current e1000 driver? I'm not on the list so can I please be CC'd? Original email attached below: Thanks Tim Warnock ISP Technical Manager GetOnIt! Nationwide Internet. 1300 88 00 97 timoid (at) getonit.net.au ------------- original message ------------------ From: Tim Warnock Sent: Wednesday, 23 November 2005 10:48 PM To: 'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org' Subject: Kernel oops v2.4.31 in e1000 network card driver. Any assistance to what this means? Nov 23 21:09:40 garnet kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth2: transmit timed out Nov 23 21:09:40 garnet kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0003066e Nov 23 21:09:40 garnet kernel: printing eip: Nov 23 21:09:40 garnet kernel: c025feb2 Nov 23 21:09:40 garnet kernel: *pde = 00000000 Nov 23 21:09:40 garnet kernel: Oops: 0000 Nov 23 21:09:40 garnet kernel: CPU: 0 Nov 23 21:09:40 garnet kernel: EIP: 0010:[skb_drop_fraglist+34/80] Not tainted Nov 23 21:09:40 garnet kernel: EFLAGS: 00010206 Nov 23 21:09:40 garnet kernel: eax: 00030600 ebx: 000305fa ecx: e905a880 edx: 000305fa Nov 23 21:09:40 garnet kernel: esi: dd6b4680 edi: dd6b46e0 ebp: 00000bb8 esp: f7edfefc Nov 23 21:09:40 garnet kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Nov 23 21:09:40 garnet kernel: Process keventd (pid: 2, stackpage=f7edf000) Nov 23 21:09:40 garnet kernel: Stack: c1c15900 f8a76bb8 c025ff79 dd6b4680 f8a76bb8 dd6b4680 c025ffc7 dd6b4680 Nov 23 21:09:40 garnet kernel: d8515180 f8a76bb8 f7e4ca88 c026012e dd6b4680 c01e3cd8 f8a76000 c01e3e22 Nov 23 21:09:40 garnet kernel: dd6b4680 00000096 f7e4c980 f7e4c980 f7e4c800 f7ede000 c01e2eac f7e4c980 Nov 23 21:09:40 garnet kernel: Call Trace: [skb_release_data+105/160] [kfree_skbmem+23/128] [__kfree_skb+254/352] [e1000_clean_tx_ring+472/592] [e1000_clean_rx_ring+82/30 4] Nov 23 21:09:40 garnet kernel: [e1000_down+204/304] [e1000_tx_timeout_task+22/48] [__run_task_queue+106/128] [context_thread+478/496] [context_thread+0/496] [_stext+0/96] Nov 23 21:09:40 garnet kernel: [arch_kernel_thread+46/64] [context_thread+0/496] Nov 23 21:09:40 garnet kernel: Nov 23 21:09:40 garnet kernel: Code: 8b 42 74 8b 1b 48 75 15 f0 83 44 24 00 00 89 14 24 e8 68 01 Kernel vanilla v2.4.31 debian stable. Network cards are intel e1000's Im not on the list so can I please be CC'd Thanks Tim Warnock ISP Technical Manager GetOnIt! Nationwide Internet. 1300 88 00 97 timoid (at) getonit.net.au