netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH] e1000: Fix for e1000 kills IPMI on a tagged vlan.

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Date:	Tue, 1 Sep 2009 02:53:29 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Krzysztof Oledzki <ole@....pl>
To:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com,
	Dave Graham <david.graham@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH] e1000: Fix for e1000 kills IPMI on a tagged
 vlan.



On Mon, 31 Aug 2009, Jeff Kirsher wrote:

> From: Graham, David <david.graham@...el.com>

<CUT>
> A complete solution to this issue would require further driver changes.
> The driver would need to discover if (and which) management VLANs are
> active before enabling VLAN filtering, so that it could ensure that the
> managed VLANs are included in the VLAN filter table. This discovery
> requires that the BMC identifies its VLAN in registers accessible
> to the driver, and at least on Dell PE2850 systems the BMC does not
> identify its VLAN to allow such discovery. Intel is pursuing this issue
> with the BMC vendor.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dave Graham <david.graham@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

Tested-by: Krzysztof Piotr Oledzki <ole@....pl>

Thank you for both pushing this fix into the mainline and trying to 
convince Dell to fix the BMC code.

BTW: this problem also exists on Dell 1425SC and probably on all 
e1000-based Dell servers.

Best regards,


 				Krzysztof Olędzki