netdev - Fwd: Network hangs with 2.6.30.5 on Dell GX270

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Message-Id: <CD3983E3-A832-40A3-8530-711614541501@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:40:42 +1000
From:	Clifford Heath <clifford.heath@...il.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Fwd: Network hangs with 2.6.30.5 on Dell GX270

Folk,

Apparently linux-net is now a spam-bucket.
Apologies if you get this twice.

Clifford Heath.

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Clifford Heath <clifford.heath@...il.com>
> Date: 28 August 2009 10:40:11 AM
> To: linux-net@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Network hangs with 2.6.30.5 on Dell GX270
>
> Hi all. I have a question that hopefully someone can answer.
>
> I recently upgraded my Debian system (a Dell Optiplex GX270) from a  
> 2.6.16.11 kernel to a 2.6.30.5 one (current stable). My networking  
> is now misbehaving.
>
> POP, IMAP, and NNTP connect ok (multiple packets each way, viewed  
> using a logging proxy) but as soon as a message should start coming  
> down, the connection hangs and then times out. I think it's the  
> first large packet that causes this, and I saw that the linux-net  
> team have been working on some features to increase throughput  
> through read aggregation or something... I think it's broken (on my  
> hardware at least).
>
> My kernel .config file and the output of "lspci" are included below.  
> Thanks for any help you can give. Let me know if you need more  
> information.
>
> Clifford Heath.
>
> lspci:
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/ 
> Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82865G  
> Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R)  
> USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R)  
> USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R)  
> USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R)  
> USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R)  
> USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC  
> Interface Bridge (rev 02)
> 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE  
> Controller (rev 02)
> 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB (ICH5) SATA  
> Controller (rev 02)
> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus  
> Controller (rev 02)
> 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER  
> (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
> 01:07.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c810  
> (rev 11)
> 01:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1  
> (rev 07)
> 01:09.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! Game Port  
> (rev 07)
> 01:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82540EM Gigabit  
> Ethernet Controller (rev 02)
>

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