Re: 2.6.20->2.6.21 - networking dies after random time

Jean-Baptiste Vignaud
2007-08-07T09:21:53Z

> > * interrupts (i use irqbalance, but problem was the same without)
>
> I wonder if you tried without SMP too?

No i did not. Do you think that this can be a problem ?
To test with no SMP, do i need to recompile kernel or is there a kernel parameter ?

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> BTW, Jean-Baptiste and Chuck - it seems, unless you have too much
> time, there is no use for testing my "genirq: fix simple and fasteoi
> irq handlers" patch.

Well i just tested 2.6.23-rc1 with your patch and copied (using smbclient) big files :

Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth2: transmit timed out
Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: eth2: transmit timed out, tx_status 00 status e601.
Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: diagnostics: net 0ccc media 8880 dma 0000003a fifo 0000
Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: eth2: Interrupt posted but not delivered -- IRQ blocked by another device?
Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: Flags; bus-master 1, dirty 93481(9) current 93481(9)
Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: Transmit list 00000000 vs. ffff81007be977a0.
Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 0: @ffff81007be97200 length 8000005f status 0001005f
Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 1: @ffff81007be972a0 length 8000005f status 0001005f
Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 2: @ffff81007be97340 length 8000005f status 0001005f
Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 3: @ffff81007be973e0 length 8000005f status 0001005f
Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 4: @ffff81007be97480 length 8000003c status 0001003c
Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 5: @ffff81007be97520 length 8000003c status 0001003c
Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 6: @ffff81007be975c0 length 8000003c status 0001003c
Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 7: @ffff81007be97660 length 8000003c status 8001003c
Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 8: @ffff81007be97700 length 8000003c status 8001003c
Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 9: @ffff81007be977a0 length 8000002a status 0001002a
Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 10: @ffff81007be97840 length 8000003a status 0001003a
Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 11: @ffff81007be978e0 length 8000005f status 0001005f
Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 12: @ffff81007be97980 length 800000be status 0c0100be
Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 13: @ffff81007be97a20 length 800000be status 0c0100be
Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 14: @ffff81007be97ac0 length 8000005f status 0001005f
Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 15: @ffff81007be97b60 length 8000005f status 0001005f

Thanks;

Jb