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From: troy.kisky@boundarydevices.com (Troy Kisky)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: i.Mx6Quad - eth0: tx queue full!
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:46:40 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <51081910.4030707@boundarydevices.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5107FA00.2010809@gmail.com>

On 1/29/2013 9:34 AM, Vikram Narayanan wrote:
> On 1/29/2013 1:17 AM, Troy Kisky wrote:
>> On 1/28/2013 10:39 AM, Vikram Narayanan wrote:
>>> Running the latest head <linux-2.6.git> on an i.Mx6Quad based platform
>>> gives me the below error when flooded with ping requests.
>>>
>>> == Start log ==
>>> [ 2555.004031] ------------[ cut here ]------------
>>> [ 2555.009740] WARNING: at net/sched/sch_generic.c:254
>>> dev_watchdog+0x298/0x2b8()
>>> [ 2555.018721] NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (fec): transmit queue 0 timed out
>>
>> I think the tx interrupt status bit was lost. The packets were
>> transmitted, but the interrupt never
>> happened. The controller should have been reset here, but perhaps a bug
>> with the reset code.
>> Are you using the mainline kernel, or a version Freescale's kernel.
>
> I tried with both the kernels. Freescale's and mainline results in the 
> same error.
>
>> mainline fec_restart does not reset tx_full
>>
>> You can try adding
>> fep->tx_full = 0;
>
> With this there was no improvement.

I have fixed this bug (and more) on Freescale's kernel 
(imx-3.0.35_1.1.0). I created a branch you can try.
Feel free to port to mainline.

This is the patch that should fix your problem
fec: clear TX_FULL in fec_restart

git://github.com/boundarydevices/linux-imx6.git ethernet_test



Please let me know results.
Thanks
Troy

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From: Troy Kisky <troy.kisky@boundarydevices.com>
To: Vikram Narayanan <vikram186@gmail.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	"Greg Ungerer" <gregungerer@westnet.com.au>,
	shawn.guo@linaro.org, LAK <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
	"Uwe Kleine-König" <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>,
	"Fabio Estevam" <festevam@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: i.Mx6Quad - eth0: tx queue full!
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:46:40 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <51081910.4030707@boundarydevices.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5107FA00.2010809@gmail.com>

On 1/29/2013 9:34 AM, Vikram Narayanan wrote:
> On 1/29/2013 1:17 AM, Troy Kisky wrote:
>> On 1/28/2013 10:39 AM, Vikram Narayanan wrote:
>>> Running the latest head <linux-2.6.git> on an i.Mx6Quad based platform
>>> gives me the below error when flooded with ping requests.
>>>
>>> == Start log ==
>>> [ 2555.004031] ------------[ cut here ]------------
>>> [ 2555.009740] WARNING: at net/sched/sch_generic.c:254
>>> dev_watchdog+0x298/0x2b8()
>>> [ 2555.018721] NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (fec): transmit queue 0 timed out
>>
>> I think the tx interrupt status bit was lost. The packets were
>> transmitted, but the interrupt never
>> happened. The controller should have been reset here, but perhaps a bug
>> with the reset code.
>> Are you using the mainline kernel, or a version Freescale's kernel.
>
> I tried with both the kernels. Freescale's and mainline results in the 
> same error.
>
>> mainline fec_restart does not reset tx_full
>>
>> You can try adding
>> fep->tx_full = 0;
>
> With this there was no improvement.

I have fixed this bug (and more) on Freescale's kernel 
(imx-3.0.35_1.1.0). I created a branch you can try.
Feel free to port to mainline.

This is the patch that should fix your problem
fec: clear TX_FULL in fec_restart

git://github.com/boundarydevices/linux-imx6.git ethernet_test



Please let me know results.
Thanks
Troy

  reply	other threads:[~2013-01-29 18:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-01-28 17:39 i.Mx6Quad - eth0: tx queue full! Vikram Narayanan
2013-01-28 17:39 ` Vikram Narayanan
2013-01-28 19:47 ` Troy Kisky
2013-01-28 19:47   ` Troy Kisky
2013-01-29 16:33   ` Vikram Narayanan
2013-01-29 16:33     ` Vikram Narayanan
2013-01-29 16:45     ` Fabio Estevam
2013-01-29 16:45       ` Fabio Estevam
2013-01-29 16:55       ` Vikram Narayanan
2013-01-29 16:34   ` Vikram Narayanan
2013-01-29 16:34     ` Vikram Narayanan
2013-01-29 18:46     ` Troy Kisky [this message]
2013-01-29 18:46       ` Troy Kisky
2013-01-30  8:37       ` Duan Fugang-B38611
2013-01-30  8:37         ` Duan Fugang-B38611
2013-01-30 15:18         ` Vikram Narayanan
2013-01-30 15:18           ` Vikram Narayanan
2013-01-30 15:13       ` Vikram Narayanan
2013-01-30 15:13         ` Vikram Narayanan
2013-01-30 21:04         ` Troy Kisky
2013-01-30 21:04           ` Troy Kisky
2013-02-18  7:29           ` Frank Li
2013-02-18  7:29             ` Frank Li
2013-02-21 17:20             ` Vikram Narayanan

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