linux-kernel - Re: BNX2: Kernel crashes with 2.6.31 and 2.6.31.9

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Message-ID: <1268329796.9775.125.camel@nseg_linux_HP1.broadcom.com>
Date:	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:49:56 -0800
From:	"Michael Chan" <mchan@...adcom.com>
To:	"Brian Haley" <brian.haley@...com>
cc:	"Bruno Prémont" <bonbons@...ux-vserver.org>,
	"Benjamin Li" <benli@...adcom.com>,
	NetDEV <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: BNX2: Kernel crashes with 2.6.31 and 2.6.31.9


On Wed, 2010-03-10 at 18:09 -0800, Brian Haley wrote:
> >> I'm able to cause a netdev_watchdog timeout by changing the coalesce
> >> settings on my bnx2, I built a little test program for it:
> > 
> > Do you run this program in a loop?  How quickly do you see the NETDEV
> > WATCHDOG?
> 
> It's run once, and we see it almost immediately after ETHTOOL_SCOALESCE.

What's the difference between running the test program and doing ethtool
-C?  Do you see the issue in either case?  I don't see the issue here
with ethtool -C.

Thanks.


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