From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 9940] New: e1000e driver with 82566DM-2 controller doesn't strip crc from frames Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:12:34 -0800 Message-ID: <20080212021234.a3ad5d93.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, johan.andersson@transmode.se To: Auke Kok Return-path: Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:50192 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1762045AbYBLKNy (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:13:54 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:50:49 -0800 (PST) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote: > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9940 > > Summary: e1000e driver with 82566DM-2 controller doesn't strip > crc from frames > Product: Drivers > Version: 2.5 > KernelVersion: 2.6.24 > Platform: All > OS/Version: Linux > Tree: Mainline > Status: NEW > Severity: normal > Priority: P1 > Component: Network > AssignedTo: jgarzik@pobox.com > ReportedBy: johan.andersson@transmode.se > > > Latest working kernel version: n/a > Earliest failing kernel version: 2.6.24 > Distribution: Gentoo 2007.0 > Hardware Environment: HP Compaq dc7800p > Software Environment: n/a > Problem Description: > The e1000e driver doesn't strip the ethernet frame crc is used with the > 82566DM-2 chip. > This will result, among other things, that bridging doesn't work together with > this chip. > Reverting commit 140a74802894e9db57e5cd77ccff77e590ece5f3 fixes this issue but > has performance implications. > > Steps to reproduce: > Send a ping and monitor the responce with tcpdump. >