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Date:	Sat, 20 Aug 2011 18:57:45 -0300
From:	Nicolás Sigal | LocalHost Soluciones Innovadoras <nicolas.sigal@...alhost.net.ar>
To:	<jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Cc:	<kristoffer@...sler.com>,
	"Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	"Allan, Bruce W" <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
	"Ronciak, John" <john.ronciak@...el.com>,
	"netdev" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux Kernel | Intel Driver Bug - please update

Jeff, we always use the latest stable release, in this case, v3.0.3

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Kirsher" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To: "Nicolás Sigal | LocalHost Soluciones Innovadoras" 
<nicolas.sigal@...alhost.net.ar>
Cc: <kristoffer@...sler.com>; "Brandeburg, Jesse" 
<jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>; "Allan, Bruce W" <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>; 
"Ronciak, John" <john.ronciak@...el.com>; "netdev" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2011 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: Linux Kernel | Intel Driver Bug - please update

On Sat, 2011-08-20 at 13:35 -0700, Nicolás Sigal | LocalHost Soluciones
Innovadoras wrote:
> Please Jeff, we need the update as soon as possible, we still having 
> crashes
> of eth because the driver..
>
> Best regards;
>

The patches have been pushed and accepted.  Are you using Linus's latest
3.1 tree?

>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jeff Kirsher" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
> To: "Nicolás Sigal | LocalHost Soluciones Innovadoras"
> <nicolas.sigal@...alhost.net.ar>
> Cc: <kristoffer@...sler.com>; "Brandeburg, Jesse"
> <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>; "Allan, Bruce W" <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>;
> "Ronciak, John" <john.ronciak@...el.com>; <support@...alhost.net.ar>;
> "netdev" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 7:47 PM
> Subject: Re: Linux Kernel | Intel Driver Bug - please update
>
> On Sun, 2011-07-24 at 13:28 -0700, Nicolás Sigal | LocalHost Soluciones
> Innovadoras wrote:
> > Please, can you update the e1000e driver of the kernel to v1.4.4?
> >
> > http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProdId=3299&DwnldID=15817&ProductFamily=Componentes+Ethernet&ProductLine=Controladores+Ethernet&ProductProduct=Controlador+Intel%C2%AE+82579+Gigabit+Ethernet&DownloadType=Controladoresspa
> >
> > This version have an important bug fixed:
> > * 82579: Fix for Tx Hang on FTS ME Platform
> >
> > And we have this problem in all of our servers with this NIC and ME
> > on.
> >
> > Debug:
> >
> > Jul 24 14:23:27 [kernel] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: Detected Hardware
> > Unit Hang:
> > Jul 24 14:23:27 [kernel]   TDH                  <0>
> > Jul 24 14:23:27 [kernel]   TDT                  <16>
> > Jul 24 14:23:27 [kernel]   next_to_use          <16>
> > Jul 24 14:23:27 [kernel]   next_to_clean        <0>
> > Jul 24 14:23:27 [kernel] buffer_info[next_to_clean]:
> > Jul 24 14:23:27 [kernel]   time_stamp           <10282156f>
> > Jul 24 14:23:27 [kernel]   next_to_watch        <0>
> > Jul 24 14:23:27 [kernel]   jiffies              <102821aed>
> > Jul 24 14:23:27 [kernel]   next_to_watch.status <0>
> > Jul 24 14:23:27 [kernel] MAC Status             <80143>
> > Jul 24 14:23:27 [kernel] PHY Status             <796d>
> > Jul 24 14:23:27 [kernel] PHY 1000BASE-T Status  <0>
> > Jul 24 14:23:27 [kernel] PHY Extended Status    <3000>
> > Jul 24 14:23:27 [kernel] PCI Status             <10>
> > Jul 24 14:23:28 [kernel] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: Reset adapter
> > Jul 24 14:23:30 [kernel] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full
> > Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx
> > Jul 24 14:23:30 [kernel] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: 10/100 speed:
> > disabling TSO
> >
>
>
> [removed ixgbe/igb Intel maintainers, and Linus from the email thread]
> Added a more appropriate mailing list (netdev)
>
> We currently have the kernel patches in review and testing to update the
> e1000e driver to v1.4.4.  I should be able to push some, if not all of
> the changes upstream later this week.
>



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