Re: Intel e1000 fails after RAM upgrade

[Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@gmail.com>]

On 12/19/05, Carsten Otto <c-otto@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi there!
>
> First the basic system specs:
> Athlon64 3500+ S939, Winchester
> Kernel 2.6.14.4, X86_64
> 4*1 GB RAM DDR 333, Dual Channel [before: 2*1 GB RAM DDR 400, Dual Channel]
> Intel Gigabit PCI (Intel Corporation 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 02))
> Abit AV8
>
> After upgrading the memory to 4 GB I noticed my e1000 did not work.
> dmesg shows:
>
> e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog_task: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex
> e1000: eth0: e1000_clean_tx_irq: Detected Tx Unit Hang
>   TDH                  <2000>
>   TDT                  <2000>
>   next_to_use          <6>
>   next_to_clean        <0>
> buffer_info[next_to_clean]
>   dma                  <13024c002>
>   time_stamp           <ffffd8c7>
>   next_to_watch        <0>
>   jiffies              <ffffe096>
>   next_to_watch.status <0>

are you using 4096 tx descriptors?  what is your MTU configured to? 
I'm confused because it appears you have 8192 (0x2000) descriptors but
the driver only allows 4096

> e1000: eth0: e1000_clean_tx_irq: Detected Tx Unit Hang
>   TDH                  <2000>
>   TDT                  <2000>
>   next_to_use          <6>
>   next_to_clean        <0>
> buffer_info[next_to_clean]
>   dma                  <13024c002>
>   time_stamp           <ffffd8c7>
>   next_to_watch        <0>
>   jiffies              <ffffe28a>
>   next_to_watch.status <0>
> eth0: no IPv6 routers present
> e1000: eth0: e1000_clean_tx_irq: Detected Tx Unit Hang
>   TDH                  <2000>
>   TDT                  <2000>
>   next_to_use          <6>
>   next_to_clean        <0>
> buffer_info[next_to_clean]
>   dma                  <13024c002>
>   time_stamp           <ffffd8c7>
>   next_to_watch        <0>
>   jiffies              <ffffe47e>
>   next_to_watch.status <0>
> e1000: eth0: e1000_clean_tx_irq: Detected Tx Unit Hang
>   TDH                  <2000>
>   TDT                  <2000>
>   next_to_use          <6>
>   next_to_clean        <0>
> buffer_info[next_to_clean]
>   dma                  <13024c002>
>   time_stamp           <ffffd8c7>
>   next_to_watch        <0>
>   jiffies              <ffffe672>
>   next_to_watch.status <0>
>
> ethtool -t eth0 offline:
> The test result is FAIL
> The test extra info:
> Register test  (offline)         40
> Eeprom test    (offline)         0
> Interrupt test (offline)         4
> Loopback test  (offline)         13
> Link test   (on/offline)         1
>
> I have two of these cards. Both run fine in my (old, 32bit) server. I
> tested with both cards with both systems. Only in my 64bit machine this
> error occurs - with both cards.
>
> Please tell me what to do. I have to live with the VIA onboard in the
> meantime and that is not the best network card...

well, lets work on what is occuring, because this should work just fine.