netdev - Re: 2.6.37 vlans on bnx2 not functional, panic with tcpdump

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Message-ID: <AANLkTikwcVPWKvWcsAUviL7DB2qtsAa4ZAksha00MhRr@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 7 Jan 2011 09:03:39 +0000
From:	selsinork <selsinork@...il.com>
To:	Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>
Cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.37 vlans on bnx2 not functional, panic with tcpdump

On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com> wrote:
> May be you have management firmware running on your devices that can
> change the behavior.  Can you provide ethtool -i eth0 on both bnx2
> devices on your system?

This particular system has four onboard ports, a two port add-in card
and a single port fiber card all using bnx2, so I have some options to
try different devices if there's something different about them.
Details of all of them below.

Booting the same system back to 2.6.36 with the patch I mentioned
previously leaves me with a functioning network, so given it could be
management firmware related, why does it work on .36 but not .37 ?
The install is very stripped down, there's no udev or /sbin/hotplug
loading firmware behind my back as neither are installed. So firmware
is whatever comes with the kernel. Just having had a look, I see the
firmware provided with the kernel has changed in .37, but the output
of ethtool -i shows the same firmware being used with .36 and .37

Iain

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
02:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
03:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
04:00.0 RAID bus controller: Hewlett-Packard Company Smart Array G6
controllers (rev 01)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
07:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
0a:00.0 PCI bridge: Broadcom EPB PCI-Express to PCI-X Bridge (rev c3)
0b:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II
BCM5708S Gigabit Ethernet (rev 12)

from 2.6.37:

root@...it:~# ethtool -i eth0
driver: bnx2
version: 2.0.17
firmware-version: bc 5.2.2 NCSI 2.0.6
bus-info: 0000:02:00.0
root@...it:~# ethtool -i eth1
driver: bnx2
version: 2.0.17
firmware-version: bc 5.2.2 NCSI 2.0.6
bus-info: 0000:02:00.1
root@...it:~# ethtool -i eth2
driver: bnx2
version: 2.0.17
firmware-version: bc 5.2.2
bus-info: 0000:03:00.0
root@...it:~# ethtool -i eth3
driver: bnx2
version: 2.0.17
firmware-version: bc 5.2.2
bus-info: 0000:03:00.1
root@...it:~# ethtool -i eth4
driver: bnx2
version: 2.0.17
firmware-version: bc 5.2.2
bus-info: 0000:07:00.0
root@...it:~# ethtool -i eth5
driver: bnx2
version: 2.0.17
firmware-version: bc 5.2.2
bus-info: 0000:07:00.1
root@...it:~# ethtool -i eth6
driver: bnx2
version: 2.0.17
firmware-version: bc 1.9.6
bus-info: 0000:0b:00.0

from 2.6.36:

 ethtool -i eth1
driver: bnx2
version: 2.0.17
firmware-version: bc 5.2.2 NCSI 2.0.6
bus-info: 0000:02:00.1
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