Bug 199701 - E1000 drivers compilation and compatibility problem with Netgear GB Smart Switches
Summary: E1000 drivers compilation and compatibility problem with Netgear GB Smart Swi...
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Status: CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 5
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: John W. Linville
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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: 199709 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-07-21 14:17 UTC by Aaron Bowers
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2006-11-03 19:02:34 UTC
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Description Aaron Bowers 2006-07-21 14:17:24 UTC
Description of problem:

DNS resolution doesn't function and some delays occur while attempting to access
other machines via IP address from SuperMicro X7DVL-E motherboard with onboard
Intel Gigabit Ethernet adapters using both most recent BIOS rev (1.1a) and
original BIOS (1.0) and connecting to Netgear GS724TNA Smart Gigabit Switch with
most recent firmware installed.

The version of the e1000 drivers recently integrated into the kernel (i.e.
7.0.33) won't work with this smart switch, but will work with the equivalent
dumb Netgear GB switch.

I had to download and install the most recent drivers from the motherboard
manufacturer (7.0.39) in order to get proper communication to work between these
new machines and the Smart Netgear switch.  However these drivers would not
compile on the most recent smp kernel (2157) giving me the folowing error:

make install
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.17-1.2157_FC5smp/build SUBDIRS=/root/e1000-7.0.39/src
modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.17-1.2157_FC5-smp-i686'
  CC [M]  /root/e1000-7.0.39/src/e1000_main.o
/root/e1000-7.0.39/src/e1000_main.c: In function âe1000_tsoâ:
/root/e1000-7.0.39/src/e1000_main.c:2502: error: âstruct skb_shared_infoâ has no
member named âtso_sizeâ
/root/e1000-7.0.39/src/e1000_main.c:2510: error: âstruct skb_shared_infoâ has no
member named âtso_sizeâ
/root/e1000-7.0.39/src/e1000_main.c: In function âe1000_tx_mapâ:
/root/e1000-7.0.39/src/e1000_main.c:2629: error: âstruct skb_shared_infoâ has no
member named âtso_sizeâ
/root/e1000-7.0.39/src/e1000_main.c: In function âe1000_xmit_frameâ:
/root/e1000-7.0.39/src/e1000_main.c:2877: error: âstruct skb_shared_infoâ has no
member named âtso_sizeâ
/root/e1000-7.0.39/src/e1000_main.c:2927: error: âstruct skb_shared_infoâ has no
member named âtso_sizeâ
make[2]: *** [/root/e1000-7.0.39/src/e1000_main.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/root/e1000-7.0.39/src] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.17-1.2157_FC5-smp-i686'
make: *** [default] Error 2

When I boot to the 2145 smp kernel I am able to compile the 7.0.39 version of
the driver and all the problems go away.

However, as it is, I am stuck with the 2145 kernel.

Would it be possible to release the next kernel update with the e1000 family of
drivers integrated but at version 7.0.39 or 7.0.38 rather than 7.0.33 which is
the integrated version at the moment? 




Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:  Every time I use the 7.0.33 NIC drivers in combination with
the hardware and kernels listed above. 


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Connect all the hardware listed above with the versions of the software
listed above
2. Attempt to do a dnslookup or a ping using an FQDN
3. The prompt hangs for a while and then command fails
  
Actual results:

No DNS name resolution possible and some delayed communication between hosts via
IP addresses

Expected results:

Normal TCP/IP communications:  DNS resolution, no or mimimal packet loss.

Additional info:

I tested an IBM Thinkpad running FC4 with the most recent kernel too, and it had
the same problem on this family of Netgear Switches.  

I also tested two different systems (Thinkpad and Supermicro based system)
running RHEL4ES, and those systems had no problems whatsoever.

Comment 1 Dave Jones 2006-07-26 03:47:44 UTC
*** Bug 199709 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 John W. Linville 2006-07-26 14:09:35 UTC
Would you mind trying the fedora-netdev kernels in order to ensure that this
problem is still pending upstream?

   http://people.redhat.com/linville/kernels/fedora-netdev/

Please give them a try and post the results here...thanks!

Comment 3 Dave Jones 2006-10-16 17:48:40 UTC
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.

Comment 4 John W. Linville 2006-11-03 19:02:34 UTC
Closed due to lack of response.  Please reopen when the requested information 
becomes available...thanks!


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