From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dhananjay Phadke Subject: Re: REGRESSION: On 2.6.32-rc5 the firmware hangs, and the nic is unusable. Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:15:18 -0800 Message-ID: <4AF1D2C6.20002@qlogic.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , Ameen Rahman , Amit Salecha To: "Eric W. Biederman" Return-path: Received: from avexch1.qlogic.com ([198.70.193.115]:57201 "EHLO avexch1.qlogic.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757909AbZKDTQU (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:16:20 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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