netdev - Re: e1000e: sporadic "hardware error"s with Intel 82563EB on Supermicro X7DB3

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Date:	Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:29:22 +0200
From:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To:	"Hillier\, Gernot" <gernot.hillier@...mens.com>
Cc:	jesse.brandeburg@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, bruce.w.allan@...el.com
Subject: Re: e1000e: sporadic "hardware error"s with Intel 82563EB on Supermicro X7DB3

Hi,

"Hillier, Gernot" <gernot.hillier@...mens.com> writes:

> On at least two machines using the Supermicro X7DB3 board with Intel
> 82563EB (a.k.a. PCI device 8086:1096), we see sporadic problems on modprobe
> (about 1 time in some hundred tries):
>
> e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - 0.3.3.3-k2
> e1000e: Copyright (c) 1999-2008 Intel Corporation.
> e1000e 0000:06:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
> e1000e 0000:06:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
> 0000:06:00.0: 0000:06:00.0: Hardware Error

What does "lspci -vv" say about it when the above happens?

I spurious chip reset (hardware) could probably cause that.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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