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

Jarek Poplawski
2007-06-19T05:20:03Z

On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 08:10:00AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:08:49 +0200
> Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@o2.pl> wrote:
...
> > It looks like skge driver enables different device than probbed.
> > Maybe you've something old/wrong about eth0/eth1 in /etc configs?
>
> More likely it is just user level device renaming. Most distro's
> rename devices (if needed) using udev.

I hope you're right, and the problem is resolved already, but for
historical reasons I'd notice the original message with quite a lot
of configs is available on linux-kernel.

Regards,
Jarek P.

>
> > You can also try with netdev= or pci= kernel parameters.
>
> Bad idea.
>
> > If no result - resend it, please - maybe with some debugging on
> > (modinfo skge). BTW - netdev seems to be preferred for this.
>
> What is the contents of /proc/interrupts

--->

> On 16-06-2007 23:35, Marcin .lusarz wrote:
...
> joi ~ # cat /proc/interrupts ; sleep 5; cat /proc/interrupts
> CPU0
> 0: 891160 IO-APIC-edge timer
> 1: 2218 IO-APIC-edge i8042
> 8: 2 IO-APIC-edge rtc
> 9: 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi
> 12: 9110 IO-APIC-edge i8042
> 14: 0 IO-APIC-edge libata
> 15: 122 IO-APIC-edge libata
> 17: 12 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth1, eth0
> 18: 57275 IO-APIC-fasteoi bttv0
> 20: 18810 IO-APIC-fasteoi libata
> 21: 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb1
> 22: 77945 IO-APIC-fasteoi VIA8237
> NMI: 0
> LOC: 890924
> ERR: 0
> CPU0
> 0: 896221 IO-APIC-edge timer
> 1: 2219 IO-APIC-edge i8042
> 8: 2 IO-APIC-edge rtc
> 9: 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi
> 12: 9110 IO-APIC-edge i8042
> 14: 0 IO-APIC-edge libata
> 15: 122 IO-APIC-edge libata
> 17: 12 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth1, eth0
> 18: 57654 IO-APIC-fasteoi bttv0
> 20: 18813 IO-APIC-fasteoi libata
> 21: 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb1
> 22: 78421 IO-APIC-fasteoi VIA8237
> NMI: 0
> LOC: 895984
> ERR: 0
>
> joi ~ # cat /proc/ioports
> 0000-001f : dma1
> 0020-0021 : pic1
> 0040-0043 : timer0
> 0050-0053 : timer1
> 0060-006f : keyboard
> 0070-0077 : rtc
> 0080-008f : dma page reg
> 00a0-00a1 : pic2
> 00c0-00df : dma2
> 00f0-00ff : fpu
> 0170-0177 : 0000:00:0f.1
> 0170-0177 : libata
> 01f0-01f7 : 0000:00:0f.1
> 01f0-01f7 : libata
> 0290-0297 : pnp 00:09
> 02f8-02ff : serial
> 0376-0376 : 0000:00:0f.1
> 0376-0376 : libata
> 03c0-03df : vesafb
> 03f6-03f6 : 0000:00:0f.1
> 03f6-03f6 : libata
> 03f8-03ff : serial
> 0400-0407 : vt596_smbus
> 0680-06ff : pnp 00:09
> 0800-0803 : ACPI PM1a_EVT_BLK
> 0804-0805 : ACPI PM1a_CNT_BLK
> 0808-080b : ACPI PM_TMR
> 0810-0815 : ACPI CPU throttle
> 0820-0823 : ACPI GPE0_BLK
> 0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1
> 1000-10ff : 0000:00:11.6
> a800-a8ff : 0000:00:0a.0
> a800-a8ff : skge
> b000-b01f : 0000:00:0c.0
> b000-b01f : ne2k-pci
> b400-b4ff : 0000:00:0f.0
> b400-b4ff : sata_via
> b800-b80f : 0000:00:0f.0
> b800-b80f : sata_via
> c000-c003 : 0000:00:0f.0
> c000-c003 : sata_via
> c400-c407 : 0000:00:0f.0
> c400-c407 : sata_via
> c800-c803 : 0000:00:0f.0
> c800-c803 : sata_via
> d000-d007 : 0000:00:0f.0
> d000-d007 : sata_via
> d400-d41f : 0000:00:10.0
> d800-d81f : 0000:00:10.1
> e000-e01f : 0000:00:10.2
> e400-e41f : 0000:00:10.3
> e800-e8ff : 0000:00:11.5
> e800-e8ff : VIA8237
> fc00-fc0f : 0000:00:0f.1
> fc00-fc0f : libata
>
> joi ~ # cat /proc/iomem
> 00000000-0009fbff : System RAM
> 0009fc00-0009ffff : reserved
> 000c0000-000dffff : pnp 00:0e
> 000e4000-000fffff : reserved
> 00100000-3ffaffff : System RAM
> 00200000-0059ebc7 : Kernel code
> 0059ebc8-0077248f : Kernel data
> 3ffb0000-3ffbffff : ACPI Tables
> 3ffc0000-3ffeffff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage
> 3fff0000-3fffffff : reserved
> e8000000-ebffffff : 0000:00:00.0
> e8000000-ebffffff : aperture
> efe00000-efe00fff : 0000:00:0d.0
> efe00000-efe00fff : bttv0
> eff00000-eff00fff : 0000:00:0d.1
> f0000000-f9ffffff : PCI Bus #01
> f0000000-f7ffffff : 0000:01:00.0
> f0000000-f7ffffff : vesafb
> faa00000-faa1ffff : 0000:00:0a.0
> fab00000-fab03fff : 0000:00:0a.0
> fab00000-fab03fff : skge
> fac00000-fac07fff : 0000:00:0c.0
> fae00000-fae000ff : 0000:00:10.4
> fae00000-fae000ff : ehci_hcd
> faf00000-fbffffff : PCI Bus #01
> faf00000-faf1ffff : 0000:01:00.0
> fb000000-fbffffff : 0000:01:00.0
> fec00000-fec00fff : IOAPIC 0
> fec00000-fec00fff : pnp 00:0b
> fee00000-fee00fff : Local APIC
> ff780000-ffffffff : reserved
>
> joi ~ # cat /proc/sys/kernel/tainted
> 0
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