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Partial breakage of forcedeth driver

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Hi gang.

commit 3326c784c9f492e988617d93f647ae0cfd4c8d09

Author: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@>
Date:   Wed Jul 20 04:54:38 2011 +0000

forcedeth: do vlan cleanup

- unify vlan and nonvlan rx path
- kill np->vlangrp and nv_vlan_rx_register
- allow to turn on/off rx vlan accel via ethtool (set_features)

This commit causes networking trouble for my nForce-based motherboard. (Details happily supplied if needed.)

I say 'partial' breakage because networking is not completely dead, just limping very slowly :)

The simplest test is to ping any host (in my LAN or on the internet, makes no difference). The replies to my ping come at very irregular intervals, ranging from normal to 5-10 seconds or so, seemingly at random AFAICT.

I'm happy to try any patches, tests, whatever, to help fix this.

Many thanks!

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Quoted 21 lines · Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 01:10:59AM CEST, [email protected] wrote:

Hi gang.

commit 3326c784c9f492e988617d93f647ae0cfd4c8d09

Author: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@>
Date:   Wed Jul 20 04:54:38 2011 +0000

forcedeth: do vlan cleanup

- unify vlan and nonvlan rx path
- kill np->vlangrp and nv_vlan_rx_register
- allow to turn on/off rx vlan accel via ethtool (set_features)

This commit causes networking trouble for my nForce-based motherboard. (Details happily supplied if needed.)

I say 'partial' breakage because networking is not completely dead, just limping very slowly :)

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The simplest test is to ping any host (in my LAN or on the internet, makes no difference). The replies to my ping come at very irregular intervals, ranging from normal to 5-10 seconds or so, seemingly at random AFAICT.

I'm happy to try any patches, tests, whatever, to help fix this.

Many thanks!

Same is happening on machine I borrowed. ccing list. Will look at it very soon (no time today).

jirka

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In reply to walt
Quoted 16 lines · walt

commit 3326c784c9f492e988617d93f647ae0cfd4c8d09
Author: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@>
Date:   Wed Jul 20 04:54:38 2011 +0000

   forcedeth: do vlan cleanup

   - unify vlan and nonvlan rx path
   - kill np->vlangrp and nv_vlan_rx_register
   - allow to turn on/off rx vlan accel via ethtool (set_features)

This commit causes networking trouble for my nForce-based motherboard. (Details happily supplied if needed.)

Quoted 7 lines

I say 'partial' breakage because networking is not completely dead, just limping very slowly :)

The simplest test is to ping any host (in my LAN or on the internet, makes no difference).  The replies to my ping come at very irregular intervals, ranging from normal to 5-10 seconds or so, seemingly at random AFAICT.

I'm seeing this too. Ping responses phase in and out every 10 seconds or so.

Jiri, any thoughts?

thanks
-john

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Quoted 20 lines · john stultz
Quoted 19 lines · walt

commit 3326c784c9f492e988617d93f647ae0cfd4c8d09
Author: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@>
Date:   Wed Jul 20 04:54:38 2011 +0000

   forcedeth: do vlan cleanup

   - unify vlan and nonvlan rx path
   - kill np->vlangrp and nv_vlan_rx_register
   - allow to turn on/off rx vlan accel via ethtool (set_features)

This commit causes networking trouble for my nForce-based motherboard. (Details happily supplied if needed.)

I say 'partial' breakage because networking is not completely dead, just limping very slowly :)

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The simplest test is to ping any host (in my LAN or on the internet, makes no difference).  The replies to my ping come at very irregular intervals, ranging from normal to 5-10 seconds or so, seemingly at random AFAICT.

I'm seeing this too.  Ping responses phase in and out every 10 seconds or so.

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I am seeing similar here. Pings are often being dropped all together and the network is unusable. Mainboard is an ASUS M2N with NVIDIA nForce 430 MCP chipset.

Regards,

Mike

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In reply to john stultz
Quoted 20 lines · Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 01:23:59AM CEST, [email protected] wrote:
Quoted 19 lines · walt

commit 3326c784c9f492e988617d93f647ae0cfd4c8d09
Author: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@>
Date:   Wed Jul 20 04:54:38 2011 +0000

   forcedeth: do vlan cleanup

   - unify vlan and nonvlan rx path
   - kill np->vlangrp and nv_vlan_rx_register
   - allow to turn on/off rx vlan accel via ethtool (set_features)

This commit causes networking trouble for my nForce-based motherboard. (Details happily supplied if needed.)

I say 'partial' breakage because networking is not completely dead, just limping very slowly :)

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The simplest test is to ping any host (in my LAN or on the internet, makes no difference).  The replies to my ping come at very irregular intervals, ranging from normal to 5-10 seconds or so, seemingly at random AFAICT.

I'm seeing this too. Ping responses phase in and out every 10 seconds or so.

Jiri, any thoughts?

Nothing so far. I plan to take a loot at this today. Will keep you guyes posted.

Jirka

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thanks
-john

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Quoted 26 lines · Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 08:35:11AM CEST, [email protected] wrote:
Quoted 25 lines · Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 01:23:59AM CEST, [email protected] wrote:
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commit 3326c784c9f492e988617d93f647ae0cfd4c8d09
Author: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@>
Date:   Wed Jul 20 04:54:38 2011 +0000

   forcedeth: do vlan cleanup

   - unify vlan and nonvlan rx path
   - kill np->vlangrp and nv_vlan_rx_register
   - allow to turn on/off rx vlan accel via ethtool (set_features)

This commit causes networking trouble for my nForce-based motherboard. (Details happily supplied if needed.)

I say 'partial' breakage because networking is not completely dead, just limping very slowly :)

The simplest test is to ping any host (in my LAN or on the internet, makes no difference).  The replies to my ping come at very irregular intervals, ranging from normal to 5-10 seconds or so, seemingly at random AFAICT.

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I'm seeing this too. Ping responses phase in and out every 10 seconds or so.

Jiri, any thoughts?

Nothing so far. I plan to take a loot at this today. Will keep you guyes posted.

Will post patch soon.

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Jirka

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thanks
-john

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In reply to walt
Quoted 12 lines · On poniedziałek, 25 lipca 2011 o 01:10:59 walt wrote:

Hi gang.

commit 3326c784c9f492e988617d93f647ae0cfd4c8d09

Author: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@>
Date:   Wed Jul 20 04:54:38 2011 +0000

forcedeth: do vlan cleanup

- unify vlan and nonvlan rx path
- kill np->vlangrp and nv_vlan_rx_register
- allow to turn on/off rx vlan accel via ethtool (set_features)

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This commit causes networking trouble for my nForce-based motherboard. (Details happily supplied if needed.)

[...]
I created a Bugzilla entry at
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40272
for your bug report, please add your address to the CC list in there, thanks!

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Maciej Rutecki
http://www.maciek.unixy.pl
maintainer
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From: Maciej Rutecki <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:41:08 +0200

Quoted 16 lines · On poniedziałek, 25 lipca 2011 o 01:10:59 walt wrote:
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Hi gang.

commit 3326c784c9f492e988617d93f647ae0cfd4c8d09

Author: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@>
Date:   Wed Jul 20 04:54:38 2011 +0000

forcedeth: do vlan cleanup

- unify vlan and nonvlan rx path
- kill np->vlangrp and nv_vlan_rx_register
- allow to turn on/off rx vlan accel via ethtool (set_features)

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This commit causes networking trouble for my nForce-based motherboard. (Details happily supplied if needed.)

[...]
I created a Bugzilla entry at
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40272
for your bug report, please add your address to the CC list in there, thanks!

It's fixed already in Linus's tree as of a few minuts ago.

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Quoted 22 lines · On czwartek, 28 lipca 2011 o 15:42:45 David Miller wrote:

From: Maciej Rutecki <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:41:08 +0200

Quoted 19 lines · On poniedziałek, 25 lipca 2011 o 01:10:59 walt wrote:
Quoted 17 lines

Hi gang.

commit 3326c784c9f492e988617d93f647ae0cfd4c8d09

Author: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@>
Date:   Wed Jul 20 04:54:38 2011 +0000

forcedeth: do vlan cleanup

- unify vlan and nonvlan rx path
- kill np->vlangrp and nv_vlan_rx_register
- allow to turn on/off rx vlan accel via ethtool (set_features)

This commit causes networking trouble for my nForce-based motherboard. (Details happily supplied if needed.)

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[...]
I created a Bugzilla entry at
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40272
for your bug report, please add your address to the CC list in there, thanks!

It's fixed already in Linus's tree as of a few minuts ago.

Thanks. Closing bug.

Regards

Signature · 2 lines
Maciej Rutecki
http://www.maciek.unixy.pl