netdev - Re: 2.6.27.19 + 28.7: network timeouts for r8169 and 8139too

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Date:	Mon, 11 May 2009 23:59:43 +0200
From:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
To:	David Dillow <dave@...dillows.org>
Cc:	Michael Riepe <michael.riepe@...glemail.com>,
	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>,
	Rui Santos <rsantos@...popie.com>,
	Michael Büker <m.bueker@...lin.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.27.19 + 28.7: network timeouts for r8169 and 8139too

On Monday 11 May 2009 23:29:52 David Dillow wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 23:10 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote:
> > On Monday 11 May 2009 22:48:44 Michael Buesch wrote:
> > > On Monday 11 May 2009 02:29:14 David Dillow wrote:
> > > > > Kernel: 2.6.29.2 (x86_64)
> > > > > Board: Intel D945GCLF2
> > > > > BIOS version: LF94510J.86A.0099.2008.0731.0303
> > > > 
> > > > I'm not sure this is tied to the chip. 
> > > 
> > > Yeah maybe other chips are affected as well.
> > > I just want to note that my failing chip/board is an Intel D945GCLF2 board
> > > with onboard G-LAN, too.
> > > 
> > > The device XID is: XID 3c4000c0
> > > (see kernel log)
> > > 
> > > Somebody else (I think it was Rui Santos) already reported a failing chip with that XID, too.
> > > 
> > 
> > Here's a patch which blacklists MSI support by XID.
> > It's currently only compile-tested, because I can't reboot the machine right now.
> 
> I was saying that I don't think the timeouts are necessarily the NIC
> chipset -- or the bridge chip for that matter --  having issues with
> MSI. There were some substantial IRQ handling changes in 2.6.28 and my
> bisection of the problem seem to lead into that code. I'll try this
> later tonight hopefully, but can you try to run 2.6.27 with the current
> r8169 driver and see if it is solid for you? That way it is using the
> same driver code, but avoids the IRQ changes.
> 
> Of course, my XID is 281000c0, so it looks like I have a different NIC
> chip as well, so we may be chasing different problems. Still, it'd be
> nice to rule out the IRQ changes before adding a blacklist.

Ok, that perfectly makes sense.
I can try 2.6.29's driver on 2.6.27, but I can't tell when, because I currently
only have infrequent physical access to the machine.

-- 
Greetings, Michael.
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