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Message-ID: <20081211220028.GB25911@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:00:28 +0100
From: Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To: Giangiacomo Mariotti <giangiacomo.mariotti@...il.com>
Cc: Shaya Potter <spotter@...s.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: weird realtek gigabit ethernet issue
(Ccing l-k as it may be of wider interest)
Giangiacomo Mariotti <giangiacomo.mariotti@...il.com> :
> 2008/12/11 Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>:
> > Giangiacomo Mariotti <giangiacomo.mariotti@...il.com> :
> > [...]
> >> Dec 7 10:13:56 debian-hell kernel: [ 4.064402] eth0: RTL8169 at
> >> 0xffffc2000062a000, 00:1f:d0:ae:41:0e, XID 281000c0 IRQ 1270
> >> Dec 7 10:13:56 debian-hell kernel: [ 5.325793] eth1: RTL8169 at
> >> 0xffffc20000630000, 00:1f:d0:ae:41:10, XID 281000c0 IRQ 1269
> >> Dec 8 06:09:31 debian-hell kernel: [ 6.253241] eth0:
> >> RTL8168d/8111d at 0xffffc2000064e000, 00:1f:d0:ae:41:0e, XID 281000c0
> >> IRQ 1270
> >> Dec 8 06:09:31 debian-hell kernel: [ 6.258123] eth1:
> >> RTL8168d/8111d at 0xffffc20000652000, 00:1f:d0:ae:41:10, XID 281000c0
> >> IRQ 1269
[...]
> On Dec 8, at 06, I booted 2.6.28-rc7, while on Dec 7, at 10, I booted
> 2.6.26-1-amd64(debian, based on 2.6.26.8). I can't find any log for
> 2.6.27.8.
Ok. Looking at your logs and at the r8169.c code, here is the story.
1. On December 7, the r8169.c driver identifies your network card as an
(old) "RTL8169" i.e. RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_01 in r8169.c. This is the default
choice when there is no specific match for the XID. You can check this
in r8169.c::rtl8169_get_mac_version. Below RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_06, the
driver assumes that the device includes a "RxMissed" register (see
r8169.c::rtl8169_rx_missed). This assumption is false for your device
- as it is on nearly all new 816x flavors nowadays - and you will
experience a broken rx missed counter in ifconfig's output.
2. On December 8, the r8169 driver identifies your network card as a more
modern "RTL8168d/8111d" i.e. RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_25. As far as I know, it
should be the adequate choice given the XID. r8169.c::rtl8169_rx_missed
will not try to access the non-existant RxMissed register and your
stats should be fine.
While the fix for the RxMissed register access is in the stable branch,
it is useless if the adapter is (mis-)detected as an old RTL8169.
So, currently, your rx missed counters should be broken on anything
older than 2.6.28-rc1. If they were vanilla kernel (I have not checked
the content of Debian's kernel), Dec 7 should be broken and Dec 8 should
be ok.
Does the explanation above match your observations ?
Btw I should probably push new RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_XX into -stable.
--
Ueimor
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