From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Hutchings Subject: Re: Bug#645308: tg3 broken for NetXtreme 5714S in squeeze 6.0.3 installer Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:47:54 +0200 Message-ID: <1319500074.31243.47.camel@deadeye> References: <20111017135457.GL22096@torres.zugschlus.de> <1318861800.3340.21.camel@deadeye> <20111017144825.GM22096@torres.zugschlus.de> <20111017160812.GL3366@decadent.org.uk> <1318901100.3340.36.camel@deadeye> <20111018142056.GF29261@torres.zugschlus.de> <1319084914.23980.96.camel@deadeye> <20111021090046.GA13930@torres.zugschlus.de> <20111021090811.GA5993@torres.zugschlus.de> <1319199579.2918.42.camel@deadeye> <20111024212409.GA29764@mcarlson.broadcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha512"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-YNmjl9Zl/yEwb6KNMGiB" Cc: Michael Chan , "645308@bugs.debian.org" <645308@bugs.debian.org>, Marc Haber , netdev To: Matt Carlson Return-path: Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:60899 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755493Ab1JXXsT (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:48:19 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20111024212409.GA29764@mcarlson.broadcom.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-YNmjl9Zl/yEwb6KNMGiB Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2011-10-24 at 14:24 -0700, Matt Carlson wrote: > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 05:19:39AM -0700, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-10-21 at 11:08 +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 11:00:46AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > > > > On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 05:28:34AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > > > I don't see any changes that would obviously change the way this = device > > > > > is reconfigured during a down/up cycle. There were some changes = to > > > > > power management that should just let the PCI core do some work t= hat the > > > > > driver used to, but it's possible that the result isn't quite the= same. > > > > > I built a module with those reverted; source and binary attached.= Could > > > > > you test that? I checked that d-i does include an insmod command= . > > > >=20 > > > > The squeeze 6.0.3 installer with the shipped tg3.ko replaced with > > > > yours boots and networks just fine without any workaround and witho= ut > > > > manual interaction. > > >=20 > > > I was a bit fast on that. The interface now fails right in the middle > > > of installation and needs the modprobe -r, modprobe stunt to network > > > again. > >=20 > > Matt, Michael, > >=20 > > The tg3 driver has regressed for the 5714S since Linux 2.6.32. Marc > > Haber found this in the backported version included in our stable > > update, but also confirmed it in Linux 3.0. > >=20 > > Bringing the interface down and then up again (which the installer does > > for some reason) can leave it unable to pass traffic (possibly after > > working for a few packets) until the module is reloaded. > >=20 > > I asked Marc to check whether reverting the power management changes > > (071697e2bcd8dff2af4d6fdd6525c2324f89553b, > > d237d9ecf06a00f0ebca657958cf2a1e92940796) made a difference, but it > > doesn't seem to. > >=20 > > There is more information in the bug log at > > . >=20 > Where can I get the sources for this driver? Commit > 9e975cc291d80d5e4562d6bed15ec171e896d69b, entitled > "tg3: Fix io failures after chip reset" has been a common source of > problems. Our current package has Linux 3.0.6 which includes the backport of that change. However, it is *not* included in my backport to 2.6.32 so it doesn't explain the original report. The backported version can be found in: git://anonscm.debian.org/kernel/linux-2.6.git squeeze Ben. --=20 Ben Hutchings DNRC Motto: I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either. --=-YNmjl9Zl/yEwb6KNMGiB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIVAwUATqX5K+e/yOyVhhEJAQqFbQ//V9S7YNBumb40Kx5eJQPciIn7MkKXpEnx pnjRuYFzwq0KxWiC2z1oI4Yd20Wt8/2GbLUuAT6aeF/XXIxaBgMiVaZxsEYMsAV9 yRa3Eh07mr3Wp5o5WskbChaPJL29mofdTDRLIZgG6jVYEy0OAQgeSG5R+T1aHNo2 WMwojq46ZtmIc1GIaH0nE6UIZkDWOH0Vlgicm7W8y/6j/UImAM9Xa97qzhXIK9HG j3nEPidOImu4H0+ESiLmNV2b4HlZux2zVL0RT5hG4p63sBbctY/KTD1D258cMNEZ rwv7BZl0Mna2fa8YrfXyJO5NjBAfQdWOEHQTldibYkawgX9o2w1EwYCTZPf1QZ7X wQrGsb0mTY/BQD1BHP7O8r0RaM7kyIdNb8A6VwQ9m5l+DhjLEJifuEr1xBmKdHWJ lomIFCO7eI6l8XlLAcvCATudyCYYn37sF/diJvPbYITVsAG5AeTmUbP0ZfqhT66/ WQJC0/ZE3tUpAfafhu0RAMhMrX/hLzixajhC7uZRUb4ZEXamjwvD8k5b/yD7bS5H Lr7OnzrgyqADC01jh4lyXFTQY/ZsmZlhVQpx3tDrDObOXGjvTouetPb44VdbX8OI 1qlKjqkeLITU6nUZFwTI8z6zLzuI4wCWY5H891HfvU8V6IWsZrQ+3/VB9s1qAnw6 iKJqKLc+9r0= =mDaX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-YNmjl9Zl/yEwb6KNMGiB--