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[1.] ne2k-pci freezes with APIC error on 2.4.0-testX SMP

[2.] bug. (as i don't think it is a feature :)
found in all 2.4.0 versions i tried: test5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

When doing massive NFS transfers (2.4 machine as the client) on my SMP box
(Abit BP6 2x celeronA 533mhz (non-overclocked) 64Mb ram, latest apt-get-ed
debian woody) my ne2k-pci card (Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8029(AS)
(rev 0)) suddenly stops working. test5 spits that in syslog:

Aug  4 23:08:51 sonic kernel: Linux version 2.4.0-test5 (root@sonic)
(gcc version 2.9
5.2 20000220 (Debian GNU/Linux)) #2 SMP Tue Aug 1 08:31:01 EEST 2000
....
Aug  4 23:08:51 sonic kernel: ne2k-pci.c:vpre-1.00e 5/27/99 D. Becker/P.
Gortmaker ht
tp://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/ne2k-pci.html
Aug  4 23:08:51 sonic kernel: eth0: RealTek RTL-8029 found at 0xd400,
IRQ 17, 00:4F:4
9:00:AF:E4.
....
Aug  4 23:39:42 sonic kernel: APIC error interrupt on CPU#1, should
never happen.
Aug  4 23:39:42 sonic kernel: ... APIC ESR0: 00000000
Aug  4 23:39:42 sonic kernel: ... APIC ESR1: 00000008
Aug  4 23:39:42 sonic kernel: ... bit 3: APIC Receive Accept Error.
Aug  4 23:47:58 sonic kernel: APIC error interrupt on CPU#1, should
never happen.
Aug  4 23:47:58 sonic kernel: ... APIC ESR0: 00000008
Aug  4 23:47:58 sonic kernel: ... APIC ESR1: 00000008
Aug  4 23:47:58 sonic kernel: ... bit 3: APIC Receive Accept Error.

in test 6,7 and 8 it dies silently (no syslog messages)

also in test11 is quiet

in test9 and 10 dmesg will show:
kernel: APIC error on CPU1: 00(02)
kernel: APIC error on CPU1: 02(08)

the errors usually apear in pair and on CPU1 but sometimes also on CPU0. if
it'll helps i'll send you grep "APIC error" syslog

those errors will apear immediatelly before the net card hangs but also at
random times with no effect on the network card (ex: when the sound card plays soething it spits the APIC errs and immediately after a Sound: DMA (output) timed out )

The card acts like the UTP cable is cut (but the hub led is still on). ifconfig down/up does not help. rmmod insmod neither. Neither resetting the
hub or trying to connect the card trough BNC and back to trigger media autosense. Only reboot helps.

[3.] kernel 2.4 network smp ne2k-pci apic

[4.] 2.4.0test5 trough test11 - kernel from ftp.kernel.org

[5.] no oops

[6.] This fennomenon is usually triggered by large nfs transfers (watching a
divx from a directory mounted from another machine - after 100-300Mb it dies) but sometimes even by simple telnet/http/ftp sessions.

The bug is not reproductible with small transfers - sometimes it will die,
sometimes not. It will certainly lockup after transfering fast (cat,dd) some
1G file over nfs of ftp-ing that file.

[7.]
[7.1.]
-- Versions installed: (if some fields are empty or look -- unusual then possibly you have very old versions) Linux sonic 2.4.0-test11 #27 SMP Tue Nov 21 07:27:02 EET 2000 i686 unknown

Kernel modules         2.3.19
Gnu C                  2.95.2
Gnu Make               3.79.1
Binutils               2.10.91
Linux C Library        > libc.2.2
Dynamic linker         ldd (GNU libc) 2.2
Procps                 2.0.6
Mount                  2.10p
Net-tools              2.05
Kbd                    command
Sh-utils               2.0i
Modules Loaded         eeprom w83781d sensors i2c-isa i2c-piix4 i2c-core

mad16 ad1848 uart401

[7.2.]
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 6
model name : Celeron (Mendocino)
stepping : 5
cpu MHz : 534.000555
cache size : 128 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
features : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr
bogomips : 1064.96

processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 6
model name : Celeron (Mendocino)
stepping : 5
cpu MHz : 534.000555
cache size : 128 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
features : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr
bogomips : 1068.24

[7.3.]

eeprom                  3232   0 (unused)
w83781d                17312   0 (unused)
sensors                 6112   0 [eeprom w83781d]
i2c-isa                 1200   0 (unused)
i2c-piix4               3712   0 (unused)
i2c-core               12592   0 [eeprom w83781d sensors i2c-isa
i2c-piix4]
mad16                   7664   0 (unused)
ad1848                 16816   1 [mad16]
uart401                 6320   0 [mad16]

[7.4.]
0000-001f : dma1
0020-003f : pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0070-007f : rtc
0080-008f : dma page reg
00a0-00bf : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : fpu
0170-0177 : ide1
01f0-01f7 : ide0
0290-0297 : w83782d
02f8-02ff : serial(set)
0330-0333 : MPU-401 UART
0376-0376 : ide1
0378-037a : parport1
03b0-03bb : hgafb
03bc-03be : parport0
03bf-03bf : hgafb
03c0-03df : vga+
03e8-03ef : serial(set)
03f6-03f6 : ide0
03f8-03ff : serial(set)
0530-0533 : MAD16 WSS config
0534-0537 : MAD16 WSS
0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1
4000-403f : Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI 5000-501f : Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI
5000-5007 : piix4-smbus
c000-cfff : PCI Bus #01
d000-d01f : Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 USB d400-d41f : Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8029(AS)
d400-d41f : ne2k-pci
d800-d807 : Triones Technologies, Inc. HPT366 dc00-dc03 : Triones Technologies, Inc. HPT366 e000-e0ff : Triones Technologies, Inc. HPT366
e000-e007 : ide2
e010-e0ff : HPT366
e400-e407 : Triones Technologies, Inc. HPT366 (#2) e800-e803 : Triones Technologies, Inc. HPT366 (#2) ec00-ecff : Triones Technologies, Inc. HPT366 (#2)
ec00-ec07 : ide3
ec10-ecff : HPT366
f000-f00f : Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 IDE
f000-f007 : ide0
f008-f00f : ide1

00000000-0009fbff : System RAM
0009fc00-0009ffff : reserved
000a0000-000bffff : Video RAM area
000c0000-000c7fff : Video ROM
000f0000-000fffff : System ROM
00100000-03feffff : System RAM
00100000-0029ed57 : Kernel code
0029ed58-002b9e3f : Kernel data
03ff0000-03ff2fff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage 03ff3000-03ffffff : ACPI Tables
e0000000-e3ffffff : Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX Host bridge e4000000-e7ffffff : PCI Bus #01
e4000000-e4003fff : Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP e5000000-e57fffff : Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP
e8000000-e9ffffff : PCI Bus #01
e8000000-e9ffffff : Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP
fec00000-fec00fff : reserved
fee00000-fee00fff : reserved
ffff0000-ffffffff : reserved

[7.5.]
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX Host bridge (rev 03)
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-

        Latency: 32
        Region 0: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
        Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 1.0
                Status: RQ=31 SBA+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x1,x2
                Command: RQ=0 SBA+ AGP+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x1

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX AGP bridge (rev 03) (prog
-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-

        Latency: 64
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
        I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
        Memory behind bridge: e4000000-e7ffffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e8000000-e9ffffff
        BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B+

00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0

00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) (prog-if 80 [Mast
er])
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-

        Latency: 32
        Region 4: I/O ports at f000 [size=16]

00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHC
I])
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-

        Latency: 32
        Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 0
        Region 4: I/O ports at d000 [size=32]

00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-

00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8029(AS)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17
Region 0: I/O ports at d400 [size=32]

00:13.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Triones Technologies, Inc. HPT366 (rev 01)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-

        Latency: 120 (2000ns min, 2000ns max), cache line size 08
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18
        Region 0: I/O ports at d800 [size=8]
        Region 1: I/O ports at dc00 [size=4]
        Region 4: I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
        Expansion ROM at ea000000 [disabled] [size=128K]

00:13.1 Unknown mass storage controller: Triones Technologies, Inc. HPT366 (rev 01)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-

        Latency: 120 (2000ns min, 2000ns max), cache line size 08
        Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 18
        Region 0: I/O ports at e400 [size=8]
        Region 1: I/O ports at e800 [size=4]
        Region 4: I/O ports at ec00 [size=256]

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP (rev 04) (prog-
if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Matrox Graphics, Inc. Millennium G400 MAX/Dual Head
32Mb
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-

        Latency: 32 (4000ns min, 8000ns max), cache line size 08
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
        Region 0: Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
        Region 1: Memory at e4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
[size=16K]
        Region 2: Memory at e5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)

[size=8M]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Capabilities: [f0] AGP version 2.0
Status: RQ=31 SBA+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x1,x2
Command: RQ=31 SBA+ AGP+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x1

[7.7.]
/proc/interrupts:
CPU0 CPU1

  0:      39517      37316    IO-APIC-edge  timer
  1:        513        633    IO-APIC-edge  keyboard
  2:          0          0          XT-PIC  cascade
  4:         44          7    IO-APIC-edge  serial
  8:          0          1    IO-APIC-edge  rtc
  9:          2          0    IO-APIC-edge  MPU-401 UART
 11:          0          0    IO-APIC-edge  MAD16 WSS
 12:        410        433    IO-APIC-edge  PS/2 Mouse
 14:       1240       1899    IO-APIC-edge  ide0
 15:          4         11    IO-APIC-edge  ide1
 16:          0          0   IO-APIC-level  mga@PCI:1:0:0
 17:         99        107   IO-APIC-level  eth0
NMI:      76772      76772 
LOC:      76616      76589 
ERR:          0

[X.]
after a freeze the interrupt count in /proc/interrupts for the network card
does no longer increase

the other machine used for the test runs 2.2.13, has a Xircom cem33 pcmcia
net card, latest Debian woody, tried with kernel-nfs-server and user-nfs-server.

2.2.x SMP/nonSMP works O.K.

2.4.x SMP booted with "nosmp" or "numcpus=1" will act funny (at least the
versions 5 trough 8 ) - the network card remains on IRQ17 but the machine
with only one cpu is not able see beyond IRQ15 .

the Realtek card never gave a glitch before.

i'l be happy to run any dang test you'll want me to run.

PLEASE help me. This bug is REALLY annoying. I don't want to switch back to
2.2 as 2.4 is WAY faster and i certainly don't want to remove one cpu :)

if you have some questions or answers - reply to this e-mail address as i am
not subscribed to linux-kernel

Thank you very much... (and congrats to Linux for the new daughter :)

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Sergiu Partenie - UNIX System Administrator - MobiFon S.A. [email protected] [email protected] #1764 093250006
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