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From: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
To: "Hillier\, Gernot" <gernot.hillier@siemens.com>
Cc: jesse.brandeburg@intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, bruce.w.allan@intel.com
Subject: Re: e1000e: sporadic "hardware error"s with Intel 82563EB on Supermicro X7DB3
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:29:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m33aj78jnh.fsf@maximus.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48EB7161.60004@siemens.com> (Gernot Hillier's message of "Tue\, 07 Oct 2008 16\:25\:37 +0200")

Hi,

"Hillier, Gernot" <gernot.hillier@siemens.com> writes:

> On at least two machines using the Supermicro X7DB3 board with Intel
> 82563EB (a.k.a. PCI device 8086:1096), we see sporadic problems on modprobe
> (about 1 time in some hundred tries):
>
> e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - 0.3.3.3-k2
> e1000e: Copyright (c) 1999-2008 Intel Corporation.
> e1000e 0000:06:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
> e1000e 0000:06:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
> 0000:06:00.0: 0000:06:00.0: Hardware Error

What does "lspci -vv" say about it when the above happens?

I spurious chip reset (hardware) could probably cause that.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa

  reply	other threads:[~2008-10-08 10:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-10-07 14:25 e1000e: sporadic "hardware error"s with Intel 82563EB on Supermicro X7DB3 Hillier, Gernot
2008-10-08 10:29 ` Krzysztof Halasa [this message]
2008-10-08 13:35   ` Hillier, Gernot
2008-10-08 22:03     ` Krzysztof Halasa
     [not found] <EA929A9653AAE14F841771FB1DE5A1365F498F4EDC@rrsmsx501.amr.corp.intel.com>
2008-10-08 15:25 ` Graham, David
2008-10-08 21:36   ` Stephen Hemminger
2008-10-09 13:18   ` Hillier, Gernot
2008-10-14  9:18     ` Gernot Hillier
2008-10-15 16:37       ` Graham, David
2008-10-16 12:32         ` Hillier, Gernot
2008-10-16 16:07         ` Hillier, Gernot
2008-11-11 10:05           ` Hillier, Gernot

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