netdev - Re: REGRESSION: On 2.6.32-rc5 the firmware hangs, and the nic is unusable.

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Date:	Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:15:18 -0800
From:	Dhananjay Phadke <dhananjay.phadke@...gic.com>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ameen Rahman <ameen.rahman@...gic.com>,
	Amit Salecha <amit.salecha@...gic.com>
Subject: Re: REGRESSION: On 2.6.32-rc5 the firmware hangs, and the nic is
 unusable.



Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> On 2.6.31.5 I get:
> ethtool -i eth0
> driver: netxen_nic
> version: 4.0.30
> firmware-version: 4.0.305
> bus-info: 0000:06:00.0
> 

Agree, 2.6.31 window missed bonding (mac addr setup) fixes.

> And everything works except bonding.
> 
> On 2.6.32-rc5 I dhcp I get an IP
> there is a sanity test ping.

> 
> Then the driver reports a firmware hang and
> the interface goes down and I am dead in the water.
> 

> I'm a bit frustrated with this as it seems with each kernel release
> the driver gets a little bit less usable.
> 
> Have I given you enough information to track this down?

This can be fixed in next rc patch of 2.6.32, if I get enough info to debug.

Could you provide full dmesg, so that I can see what's going on around 
firmware hang message? Also provide your test details (bonding / 
whatever configured).

Thanks,
-Dhananjay
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