From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751181AbVLWAGf (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Dec 2005 19:06:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751186AbVLWAGe (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Dec 2005 19:06:34 -0500 Received: from headoffice-fe1.getonit.net.au ([202.47.114.19]:43588 "EHLO tsvexchange.getonit.net.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751181AbVLWAGe convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Dec 2005 19:06:34 -0500 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Subject: RE: FW: Kernel oops v2.4.31 in e1000 network card driver. Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 10:06:19 +1000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: FW: Kernel oops v2.4.31 in e1000 network card driver. Thread-Index: AcYHTdvu4pFiAvcyQqC2O3AZZ/kX1QAAV1VA From: "Tim Warnock" To: Cc: "Tim Warnock" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > -----Original Message----- > From: Willy Tarreau [mailto:willy@w.ods.org] > Sent: Friday, 23 December 2005 9:17 AM > To: Tim Warnock > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: FW: Kernel oops v2.4.31 in e1000 network card driver. > > Hello, > > On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 07:10:04PM +1000, Tim Warnock wrote: > > 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. > > What type of system is it ? P3/P4/K7/K8 ? UP/SMP ? do you have a PCI-X > bus in it ? have you checked /proc/interrupts for strange behaviours ? IBM x306 p4 3.0ghz UP/HT (acpi=ht) 1gb ram It's a 64bit pci bus, the quad card is 64 bit also. Underlying host os is debian sarge. I never thought to check /proc/interrupts. I get the network card back from remote soon, I will put it in a bench system and see what happens. What should I be looking for in /proc/interrupts? > > 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? > > Not to my knowledge. I have several of them running on moderate volume > (50 Mbps) on production up to 50-60 kpps, and they have never > ever caused any trouble after 2.5 years. I even use others in > stress-testing machines which throw up to 500 kpps per port without > any problem either. BTW, the ones in the stress-testers are more > recent, they are the ones with the "toundra" PCI bridge. > > Do you encounter the problem in only one system ? I begin to suspect a > hardware failure somewhere (CPU, RAM) which is triggered by > higher loads. >