Re: e1000 driver works on UP, bt not SMP x86_64 (2.6.7 -2.6.12)

[Ganesh Venkatesan <ganesh.venkatesan@gmail.com>]

David:

Does this not happen with kernels earlier than 2.6.7 or you have not
tried them? After you ifconfig the fourth port what does
/proc/interrupts look like? Any additional info in syslog?

ganesh.

On 6/21/05, Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Monday 20 June 2005 03:55, David Lang wrote:
> > I have some systems with three Intel quad gig-E cards in them that
> > function with the attached UP config, but port 4 of each card doesn't work
> > properly with a SMP kernel (otherwise the same config).
> >
> > on a SMP kernel when I do an ifconfig of the fourth port I get the
> > following error
> > SIOCSIFFLAGS: Function not implemented
> >
> > doing an ifconfig of the interface then looks proper, but no network route
> > is added.
> >
> > I first ran into this problem with a 2.6.7 kernel and tried several
> > kernels from there to 2.6.12, all of which showed the same problem on SMP
> > kernels. the problem happens with the driver built-in and as a module.
> >
> > the systems are dual Opteron 246, 2G ram MPT fusion SCSI drives.
> 
> I've filed a bug at kernel bugzilla, so your report won't be lost.
> See http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4774
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