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Description of problem: When downloading torrents my network connection would drop. I put the torrent client settings on low and it still drops my connection. So obviously the tg3 driver cannot handle it. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5 How reproducible: every time when downloading Steps to Reproduce: 1. start torrent client 2. download packets 3. after a couple of minutes my connection dies Actual results: when downloading connection drops. i checked my logs and i found this: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready eth0: no IPv6 routers present NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out tg3: eth0: transmit timed out, resetting tg3: tg3_stop_block timed out, ofs=2c00 enable_bit=2 tg3: tg3_stop_block timed out, ofs=1400 enable_bit=2 tg3: tg3_stop_block timed out, ofs=4800 enable_bit=2 tg3: eth0: Link is down. tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX. ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready eth0: no IPv6 routers present Expected results: constant connection on ethernet device when downloading Additional info:
By disabeling TSO is a workaround for this bug. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-netdev&m=115056877413890&w=2 for patch.
I see this behavior on kernel-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5 and kernel-2.6.17-1.2145_FC5, but not on kernel-2.6.16-1.2133_FC5 (which I have moved back to). The lspci for my NIC is as follows: 80:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 01) I run with the smp kernels (hyperthreaded Intel processor). I can trigger it with bittorrent, but I can also trigger it with massive traffic of other kinds.
Will the patch be included in the next kernel update?
I encountered this problem this morning when I started downloading FC6test2. I'm running kernel-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5 (x86_64). My NIC is: 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 01) Disabling TSO ("ethtool -K eth0 tso off") seems to successfully work around the problem.
I have upgraded to the latest kernel-2.6.17-1.2174_FC5 and the problem still exist.
Just wanted to say I've the same problem. TG3 driver with BCM5721 network cards 2.6.17-1.2157_FC5 after a while of heavy network traffic ifconfig reports dropped packets up the wazoo. The machine becomes unresponsive to any network requests untill the interface is brought down and then back up.
A new kernel update has been released (Version: 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5) based upon a new upstream kernel release. Please retest against this new kernel, as a large number of patches go into each upstream release, possibly including changes that may address this problem. This bug has been placed in NEEDINFO state. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, if this bug is still in this state in two weeks time, it will be closed. Should this bug still be relevant after this period, the reporter can reopen the bug at any time. Any other users on the Cc: list of this bug can request that the bug be reopened by adding a comment to the bug. In the last few updates, some users upgrading from FC4->FC5 have reported that installing a kernel update has left their systems unbootable. If you have been affected by this problem please check you only have one version of device-mapper & lvm2 installed. See bug 207474 for further details. If this bug is a problem preventing you from installing the release this version is filed against, please see bug 169613. If this bug has been fixed, but you are now experiencing a different problem, please file a separate bug for the new problem. Thank you.