From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 14737] New: e1000e driver experiences large packet losses Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 13:19:00 -0800 Message-ID: <20091207131900.19c776ed.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org, bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, xenoterracide@gmail.com To: Jeff Kirsher , Jesse Brandeburg , Bruce Allan , PJ Waskiewicz , Joh Return-path: Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:46797 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964975AbZLGVTb (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Dec 2009 16:19:31 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: (switched to email. Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via the bugzilla web interface). On Sat, 5 Dec 2009 07:02:49 GMT bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote: > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14737 > > Summary: e1000e driver experiences large packet losses > Product: Drivers > Version: 2.5 > Kernel Version: 2.6.32-- > Platform: All > OS/Version: Linux > Tree: Mainline > Status: NEW > Severity: normal > Priority: P1 > Component: Network > AssignedTo: drivers_network@kernel-bugs.osdl.org > ReportedBy: xenoterracide@gmail.com > Regression: No > > > possibly related to this bug #13835 same symptoms and I upped a lot of info for > this bug on there. > > Also Read this thread http://marc.info/?t=125699907100001&r=1&w=2 > > I have thus far been able to find similar symptoms all the way back to 2.6.29.6 > I've not yet done testing farther. problem is intermittent. It does not appear > to affect another nic on the system (however testing of that hasn't been > extensive,and a different driver). if I do not reboot the computer and the bug > hasn't manifested, it will not manifest (perhaps unless I reload modules or > restart interfaces (not tested). >