Re: IGB driver upgrade

[sbs <gexlie@gmail.com>]

I have tested 2.0.6 and 2.1.9 modules for 4 days and there were no any
issues detected :)


On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 8:15 PM, Alexander Duyck
<alexander.h.duyck@intel.com> wrote:
> sbs wrote:
>>
>> We're running 2.6.33.2 kernel version.
>> I have compiled and installed 2.0.6 and 2.1.9 modules on two our servers.
>>
>> Strange freezes usually appears in several (1 or 2) days.
>> So I'll let you know when it happen and what module version will be
>> responsible for that
>
> Since the issue is being seen with the in-kernel driver and not the
> standalone module one other possibility is that this could be an issue that
> is specific to multi-queue.  You can test for this by setting the RSS
> parameter to 0 for the standalone module to enable multiple queues on the
> 2.2.9 driver.

Thank you, I'll install 2.6.35-rc4 today on several servers with both
standalone(with RSS=0) and static driver and let you know after.

>
> One other thing you might want to try would be to test the latest release
> candidate kernel from kernel.org.  This would help to tell us if this is
> still an issue in the current kernel, or an issue that is present in just
> 2.6.33.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alex
>