453563 – RTL8111/8168B network card does not work

Bug 453563 - RTL8111/8168B network card does not work

Summary: RTL8111/8168B network card does not work

Keywords:
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA
Alias:	None
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	kernel
Sub Component:
Version:	5.2
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Priority:	low
Severity:	medium
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	---
Assignee:	Ivan Vecera
QA Contact:	Martin Jenner
Docs Contact:
URL:	http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2930
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+	depends on / blocked

Reported:	2008-07-01 11:06 UTC by Răzvan Sandu
Modified:	2009-01-20 20:23 UTC (History)
CC List:	9 users (show)
Fixed In Version:
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed:	2009-01-20 20:23:09 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Dependent Products:

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ethtool/ifcongig outputs (2.12 KB, text/plain) 2008-08-16 06:41 UTC, Jukka Lehtonen	no flags	Details
Final patch sent to review (95.88 KB, patch) 2008-08-21 15:37 UTC, Ivan Vecera	no flags	Details \| Diff
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System	ID	Private	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2009:0225	0	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 kernel security and bug fix update	2009-01-20 16:06:24 UTC

Description Răzvan Sandu 2008-07-01 11:06:32 UTC

Description of problem:

Despite the official announcement that RTL8111/8168B network cards now work *by
default*, I am unable to get one working.

It is an integrated network card - on an Asus P5GC-MX/GBL mainboard; please see
here:
http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=498&l4=0&model=1993&modelmenu=2

Please see machine's full smolt profile here:

http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_8f0435c9-19a3-4222-95f4-27ed6e3a084d [^]

The machine was *upgraded* from CentOS 5.1 to CentOS 5.2 via regular online
updates (automatic/yum).

The card *does* show up in System -> Administration -> Network *can* be
configured there (I've put a regular, static network address), but it simply
doesn't work.

Below are full details of the networking part of that machine (lspci -vvv),
showing two other (functional) network cards:


01:00.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc DGE-528T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
(rev 10)
        Subsystem: D-Link System Inc DGE-528T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
        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 (8000ns min, 16000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 177
        Region 0: I/O ports at c400 [size=256]
        Region 1: Memory at cfeff800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Expansion ROM at 80000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA
PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-


01:01.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit
Ethernet (rev 10)
        Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet
        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 (8000ns min, 16000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 58
        Region 0: I/O ports at c800 [size=256]
        Region 1: Memory at cfeffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Expansion ROM at 80020000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        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-


02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI
Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 82c6
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 177
        Region 0: I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
        Region 2: Memory at cffff000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Region 4: Memory at efff0000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Expansion ROM at cffc0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA
PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
                Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000
        Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint IRQ 1
                Device: Supported: MaxPayload 256 bytes, PhantFunc 0, ExtTag-
                Device: Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <8us
                Device: AtnBtn- AtnInd- PwrInd-
                Device: Errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
                Device: RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
                Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
                Link: Supported Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Port 0
                Link: Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <64us
                Link: ASPM Disabled RCB 64 bytes CommClk+ ExtSynch-
                Link: Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1
        Capabilities: [b0] MSI-X: Enable- Mask- TabSize=2
                Vector table: BAR=4 offset=00000000
                PBA: BAR=4 offset=00000800
        Capabilities: [d0] Vital Product Data

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.18-92.1.6.el5 (stock kernel), on an x86_64 machine running CentOS 5.2

How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.
2.
3.
  
Actual results:
eth0 doesn't work.

Expected results:
eth0 should work by default.

Additional info:
Please see http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2930

Comment 1 Jeremy West 2008-07-07 16:20:17 UTC

This looks to be a dup of 443623

Comment 2 Ivan Vecera 2008-07-09 15:15:09 UTC

Hi, it seems it is duplicate of #452761. It should be now solved, I posted there
a link to test kernel that should solve this issue. Could you please try it?
It's available on http://people.redhat.com/ivecera/rhel-5-r8169/

Comment 3 Răzvan Sandu 2008-07-09 20:07:05 UTC

Hello, I've managed to get the card working with the stock kernel and the
dkms-r8168 package.

Please see the full story at http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2930

Now, I'm a bit confused: should I use the r8169 driver
(http://people.redhat.com/ivecera/rhel-5-r8169/) or the dkms-r8168 package ?
Which is the recommended, "canonical" way ?

Regards,
Răzvan

Comment 4 Michal Schmidt 2008-07-10 06:24:02 UTC

It the dkms way works, good for you. But we should make sure the card works in
the next update (at the latest) without the need for dkms.
So it would be great if you could at least once try the kernel Ivan pointed to
and confirm it works as well.

Comment 5 Răzvan Sandu 2008-07-17 06:53:45 UTC

Hello,

I apologize for the late response.

I didn't tested Ivan's kernel yet, since the server it's a production one and I
cannot experiment on it. In a week or so I'll have an identical one at hand and
then I'll list my conclusions here.

In the mean time, the dkms solution works with flawlessly.

Regards,
Răzvan

Comment 6 Răzvan Sandu 2008-08-07 10:31:24 UTC

Hello,


We recently received the same Asus P5GC-MX/GBL mainboard for a small fileserver and we installed fresh CentOS 5.2 on it (no extra repositories, just the official ones).


Bref, the experiment was this:

* we installed CentOS 5.2;
* the integrated network card (RTL8111/8168B) worked OK for about two weeks;
* we performed online updates (with no apparent errors). Now the kernel is 2.6.18-92.1.10.el5. There are no drivers compiled by hand or adjusted in some way - just stock software;
* the network card ceased to work; we disabled it from BIOS and added a supplementary card, because the server was due to enter in service ASAP.

So I suspect some form of regression here.


Regards,
Răzvan

Comment 7 Michal Schmidt 2008-08-07 11:15:46 UTC

Ivan,

any ideas why the card would stop working with the updated kernel? I don't see any changes to the driver between 2.6.18-92.el5 and 2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.

Comment 8 Ivan Vecera 2008-08-07 13:45:51 UTC

Maybe the cold boot (with power cable out) could help. But anyway for 5.3 I have prepared a relatively big update of r8169 driver - latest upstream + some specific code for 8168 and 8101 class hardware not yet upstream.
I have kernel packages for testing. Could you please try them and report if it helps you?

Packages are available at:
http://people.redhat.com/ivecera/rhel-5-r8169/

Regards,
Ivan

Comment 9 Răzvan Sandu 2008-08-07 17:43:22 UTC

It is *very* strange, since on the following system the same chipset works flawlessly, with all updates applied:

http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_a5a65c37-8155-4ada-974b-9c5902159352

[root@mexcentral105 ~]# lspci -vvv
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82P965/G965 Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P5B
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0
        Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82P965/G965 PCI Express Root Port (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 0000f000-00000fff
        Memory behind bridge: fa800000-fe8fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000bfe00000-00000000dfd00000
        Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
        BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
        Capabilities: [88] #0d [0000]
        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 3
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Capabilities: [90] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable+
                Address: fee00000  Data: 40c1
        Capabilities: [a0] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
                Device: Supported: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, ExtTag-
                Device: Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us
                Device: Errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
                Device: RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
                Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes
                Link: Supported Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x16, ASPM L0s, Port 2
                Link: Latency L0s <256ns, L1 <4us
                Link: ASPM Disabled RCB 64 bytes CommClk+ ExtSynch-
                Link: Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x16
                Slot: AtnBtn- PwrCtrl- MRL- AtnInd- PwrInd- HotPlug- Surpise-
                Slot: Number 0, PowerLimit 0.000000
                Slot: Enabled AtnBtn- PwrFlt- MRL- PresDet- CmdCplt- HPIrq-
                Slot: AttnInd Off, PwrInd On, Power-
                Root: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- PME-

00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P5B
        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
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 169
        Region 4: I/O ports at dc00 [size=32]

00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P5B
        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
        Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 225
        Region 4: I/O ports at e000 [size=32]

00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P5B
        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
        Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 233
        Region 0: Memory at febffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Capabilities: [58] Debug port

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P5B
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 58
        Region 0: Memory at febf8000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=55mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
                Address: 0000000000000000  Data: 0000
        Capabilities: [70] Express Unknown type IRQ 0
                Device: Supported: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, ExtTag-
                Device: Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us
                Device: Errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
                Device: RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
                Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes
                Link: Supported Speed unknown, Width x0, ASPM unknown, Port 0
                Link: Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us
                Link: ASPM Disabled CommClk- ExtSynch-
                Link: Speed unknown, Width x0

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 0000f000-00000fff
        Memory behind bridge: fff00000-000fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000dfe00000-00000000dfe00000
        Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
        BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
        Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
                Device: Supported: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, ExtTag-
                Device: Latency L0s unlimited, L1 unlimited
                Device: Errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
                Device: RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
                Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes
                Link: Supported Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Port 1
                Link: Latency L0s <1us, L1 <4us
                Link: ASPM Disabled RCB 64 bytes CommClk- ExtSynch-
                Link: Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x0
                Slot: AtnBtn- PwrCtrl- MRL- AtnInd- PwrInd- HotPlug+ Surpise+
                Slot: Number 0, PowerLimit 0.000000
                Slot: Enabled AtnBtn- PwrFlt- MRL- PresDet- CmdCplt- HPIrq-
                Slot: AttnInd Unknown, PwrInd Unknown, Power-
                Root: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- PME-
        Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable+
                Address: fee00000  Data: 40c9
        Capabilities: [90] #0d [0000]
        Capabilities: [a0] 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-

00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff
        Memory behind bridge: fea00000-feafffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fff00000-0000000000000000
        Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
        BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
        Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
                Device: Supported: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, ExtTag-
                Device: Latency L0s unlimited, L1 unlimited
                Device: Errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
                Device: RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
                Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes
                Link: Supported Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Port 4
                Link: Latency L0s <256ns, L1 <4us
                Link: ASPM Disabled RCB 64 bytes CommClk+ ExtSynch-
                Link: Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1
                Slot: AtnBtn- PwrCtrl- MRL- AtnInd- PwrInd- HotPlug+ Surpise+
                Slot: Number 0, PowerLimit 0.000000
                Slot: Enabled AtnBtn- PwrFlt- MRL- PresDet- CmdCplt- HPIrq-
                Slot: AttnInd Unknown, PwrInd Unknown, Power-
                Root: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- PME-
        Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable+
                Address: fee00000  Data: 40d1
        Capabilities: [90] #0d [0000]
        Capabilities: [a0] 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-

00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff
        Memory behind bridge: fe900000-fe9fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fff00000-0000000000000000
        Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
        BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
        Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
                Device: Supported: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, ExtTag-
                Device: Latency L0s unlimited, L1 unlimited
                Device: Errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
                Device: RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
                Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes
                Link: Supported Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Port 5
                Link: Latency L0s <256ns, L1 <4us
                Link: ASPM Disabled RCB 64 bytes CommClk+ ExtSynch-
                Link: Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1
                Slot: AtnBtn- PwrCtrl- MRL- AtnInd- PwrInd- HotPlug+ Surpise+
                Slot: Number 0, PowerLimit 0.000000
                Slot: Enabled AtnBtn- PwrFlt- MRL- PresDet- CmdCplt- HPIrq-
                Slot: AttnInd Unknown, PwrInd Unknown, Power-
                Root: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- PME-
        Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable+
                Address: fee00000  Data: 40d9
        Capabilities: [90] #0d [0000]
        Capabilities: [a0] 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-

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P5B
        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
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 50
        Region 4: I/O ports at d480 [size=32]

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P5B
        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
        Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 177
        Region 4: I/O ports at d800 [size=32]

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P5B
        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
        Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 233
        Region 4: I/O ports at d880 [size=32]

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P5B
        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
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 50
        Region 0: Memory at febff800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Capabilities: [58] Debug port

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev f2) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
        Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=32
        I/O behind bridge: 0000f000-00000fff
        Memory behind bridge: fff00000-000fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fff00000-0000000000000000
        Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
        BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
        Capabilities: [50] #0d [0000]

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HB/HR (ICH8/R) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P5B
        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
        Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information

00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) 4 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 81ec
        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
        Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 177
        Region 0: I/O ports at ec00 [size=8]
        Region 1: I/O ports at e880 [size=4]
        Region 2: I/O ports at e800 [size=8]
        Region 3: I/O ports at e480 [size=4]
        Region 4: I/O ports at e400 [size=16]
        Region 5: I/O ports at e080 [size=16]
        Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 3
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P5B
        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 C routed to IRQ 233
        Region 0: Memory at 88000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Region 4: I/O ports at 0400 [size=32]

00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 81ec
        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
        Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 177
        Region 0: I/O ports at d400 [size=8]
        Region 1: I/O ports at d080 [size=4]
        Region 2: I/O ports at d000 [size=8]
        Region 3: I/O ports at cc00 [size=4]
        Region 4: I/O ports at c880 [size=16]
        Region 5: I/O ports at c800 [size=16]
        Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 3
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G72 [GeForce 7300 SE] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
        Region 0: Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Region 1: Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Region 3: Memory at fc000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Expansion ROM at fe8e0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [60] 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: [68] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
                Address: 0000000000000000  Data: 0000
        Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint IRQ 0
                Device: Supported: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, ExtTag-
                Device: Latency L0s <256ns, L1 <4us
                Device: AtnBtn- AtnInd- PwrInd-
                Device: Errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
                Device: RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
                Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
                Link: Supported Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x16, ASPM L0s L1, Port 0
                Link: Latency L0s <256ns, L1 <4us
                Link: ASPM Disabled RCB 128 bytes CommClk+ ExtSynch-
                Link: Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x16

02:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMicron 20360/20363 AHCI Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 81e4
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 169
        Region 5: Memory at fe9fe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
        Expansion ROM at fe9e0000 [disabled] [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [68] 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: [50] Express Legacy Endpoint IRQ 1
                Device: Supported: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, ExtTag-
                Device: Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us
                Device: AtnBtn- AtnInd- PwrInd-
                Device: Errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
                Device: RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
                Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
                Link: Supported Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s, Port 1
                Link: Latency L0s <1us, L1 <16us
                Link: ASPM Disabled RCB 64 bytes CommClk+ ExtSynch-
                Link: Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1

02:00.1 IDE interface: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMicron 20360/20363 AHCI Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 81e4
        Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0
        Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 225
        Region 0: I/O ports at ac00 [size=8]
        Region 1: I/O ports at a880 [size=4]
        Region 2: I/O ports at a800 [size=8]
        Region 3: I/O ports at a480 [size=4]
        Region 4: I/O ports at a400 [size=16]
        Capabilities: [68] 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-

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 81aa
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 177
        Region 0: I/O ports at b800 [size=256]
        Region 2: Memory at feaff000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Expansion ROM at feac0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Capabilities: [48] Vital Product Data
        Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable-
                Address: 0000000000000000  Data: 0000
        Capabilities: [60] Express Endpoint IRQ 0
                Device: Supported: MaxPayload 1024 bytes, PhantFunc 0, ExtTag+
                Device: Latency L0s <1us, L1 unlimited
                Device: AtnBtn+ AtnInd+ PwrInd+
                Device: Errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
                Device: RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
                Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
                Link: Supported Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s, Port 0
                Link: Latency L0s unlimited, L1 unlimited
                Link: ASPM Disabled RCB 64 bytes CommClk+ ExtSynch-
                Link: Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1
        Capabilities: [84] Vendor Specific Information



Unfortunately I don't have these mainboards at hand for a long time, to test at large the solution in comment #8. If I'll get one, I promise I will test it and post the results here.


Răzvan

Comment 10 Ivan Vecera 2008-08-07 19:20:52 UTC

Thanks it'll be helpful. By the way you said the same chipset... what about BIOS version? Is it the same also?

Comment 11 Jukka Lehtonen 2008-08-13 09:35:20 UTC

Razvan SANDU, you have (rev 01) of the 8111 in the system that works and (rev 02) in the one that fails.

I installed 5.2 on GA-EP45-DQ6, which has 8111 (rev 02), and there the r8169 appeared to recognize the NIC, but after tiny bit of action practically all packets were dropped. (Anaconda found found http/ftp server with installation media, and usually choked after that.)  I simply copied a source package from Realtek, compiled the offered r8168, and that works.  I should look at dkms to make kernel updates more automatic.

Comment 12 Ivan Vecera 2008-08-14 07:39:36 UTC

Jukka, what kernel did you use? Standard latest RHEL-5.2 or my testing kernels with r8169 update? Could you please test my kernel available at:
http://people.redhat.com/ivecera/rhel-5-r8169/

Thanks,
Ivan

Comment 13 Jukka Lehtonen 2008-08-15 05:51:09 UTC

I think the (CentOS 5.2) DVD boots kernel-2.6.18-92.el5.x86_64.  At least it installs that version.

After install I got kernel-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5 from update, but cannot recall whether I even tested the r8169 on that one.  Will test yours.

Comment 14 Jukka Lehtonen 2008-08-16 06:41:28 UTC

Created attachment 314427 [details]
ethtool/ifcongig outputs

Attached 2.6.18-102.el5.r8169.9 test.  Network seems to work at least initially, but the large amount of 'RX dropped' in ifconfig output is suspicious.  The two calls to ifconfig were consecutive.  The only machines in local net are this PC and Zyxel Prestige 334 (firewall/router), but I see no reason for it to send packets (to be dropped).

Comment 15 Jukka Lehtonen 2008-08-19 20:16:58 UTC

Addition to Comment #14 as I felt that the previous test was not extensive enough.

Plugged a cable directly between the GA-EP45-DQ6 and MSI Neo4 Platinum (1.0).  Both have 1Gbit/s NICs and CentOS 5.2.  Static addresses.  Then used:

ssh -c arcfour -x 10.0.0.1 "dd if=/dev/zero bs=$BS count=2M" | dd of=/dev/null bs=$BS

where $BS was 1k, 4k, and 32k (in separate runs).  The
/lib/modules/2.6.18-102.el5.r8169.9/kernel/drivers/net/r8169.ko
continued to work all the time and dd reported speeds over 80 MB/s.
After the runs:

# ifconfig eth1
eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1F:D0:21:11:45  
          inet addr:10.0.0.2  Bcast:10.0.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:54750835 errors:0 dropped:10069070945 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:24385924 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:79228240404 (73.7 GiB)  TX bytes:1646360361 (1.5 GiB)
          Interrupt:122 Base address:0x6000 

# ethtool -S eth1
NIC statistics:
     tx_packets: 24385924
     rx_packets: 54750835
     tx_errors: 0
     rx_errors: 0
     rx_missed: 0
     align_errors: 590
     tx_single_collisions: 0
     tx_multi_collisions: 0
     unicast: 54750835
     broadcast: 0
     multicast: 0
     tx_aborted: 0
     tx_underrun: 0


There is again that massive amount of dropped RX packets in ifconfig output, but they do not seem to relate/affect the operation.


Summary: kernel-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.x86_64 seems to fix the r8169 for 10ec:8168 rev02.


Is there better tests that I could do for this chip/driver?

Comment 16 Jukka Lehtonen 2008-08-21 06:24:13 UTC

Oh my, there is a typo in Summary of Comment #15:
reads: kernel-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.x86_64
should read: kernel-2.6.18-102.el5.r8169.9.x86_64


So I tested the 2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.x86_64 and its r8169.

ifconfig reports right after "network start"
RX packets:0 dropped: a lot
TX packets:1

Repeated dd over ssh with this driver version and NIC continued to work.  Plenty of "dropped RX", but that was all.

The difference between kernel-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.x86_64 and kernel-2.6.18-102.el5.r8169.9.x86_64 is that with 92.1.10 dd says ~76 MB/s, while with 102 dd says ~84 MB/s.

Comment 17 Ivan Vecera 2008-08-21 06:58:16 UTC

The issue with incredible number of dropped RX is known. The problem is that only RTL8169 class HW has RxMissed register. RTL8168 and RTL810x HW seems to not have this register (Realtek's driver r8169 uses it but drivers r8168 and r8101 not). This is upstream issue and I hope it will be fixed ASAP, but the own network functionality is OK. For more info please see:
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg72500.html

Ivan

Comment 18 Jukka Lehtonen 2008-08-21 10:38:09 UTC

Good to know.

I think I must test now both the kernel-2.6.18-92.el5.x86_64 and the r8168-8.008 like I did the other two driver versions?

Comment 19 Ivan Vecera 2008-08-21 15:37:27 UTC

Created attachment 314713 [details]
Final patch sent to review

Comment 20 Răzvan Sandu 2008-08-27 10:33:25 UTC

Hello,

I've tested today the 2.6.18-102.el5.r8169.9 kernel on an x86_64 machine running CentOS 5.2, with an Asus P5GC-MX/GBL motherboard. Works great !

Smolt profile is here:

http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_a815db7a-72cf-4134-be69-3f65a62d7622


Thanks a lot,
Răzvan

Comment 21 RHEL Program Management 2008-09-11 02:21:28 UTC

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.

Comment 22 Daniel Senie 2008-09-11 17:59:10 UTC

I was able to use the kernel linked to by this bug to fix the same issue on an Aopen DE-965HG, which is a very compact box used for embedded applications. Same issue, it's a rev 2 chip, and the replacement kernel solved the problem with the Ethernet.

Please, please, please get this into a bugfix release for 5.2, and get it into 5.3. Thanks.

Comment 23 Don Zickus 2008-09-15 14:17:55 UTC

in kernel-2.6.18-115.el5
You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5

Comment 24 Daniel Senie 2008-09-15 15:33:42 UTC

Troubles with the 115 test kernel. See bug 452761 for details.

Comment 25 Ivan Vecera 2008-09-15 16:41:53 UTC

What about previous (my test) kernel?

Comment 26 Daniel Senie 2008-09-15 16:51:25 UTC

Previous test kernel I was using was 102. It exhibited somewhat different behavior. When I first applied it, atop a fresh 5.2 installation, it seemed OK. Applying the updated Xen/Libvirt and other patches caused some issues. Specifically, if libvirtd and xend were enabled at boot time, then no communications worked at all with the Ethernet (same kind of mac addresses seen). With those daemons disabled, I was OK to boot up and Ethernet worked, but if I then started libvirtd, the Ethernet would become unusable.

Let me know how I can assist further in testing fixes. Also, if you know of a USB Gigabit Ethernet adapter that works with 5.2, I'd love to know about that, so I can access the box when testing even if the Realtek is unhappy.

Comment 27 Ivan Vecera 2008-09-16 09:17:31 UTC

So is it only Xen issue?

Comment 28 Daniel Senie 2008-09-16 13:10:50 UTC

With the present test kernel it appears to NOT only be a Xen issue.

With your latest kernels, the Mac is wrong ALL the time. With the previous, it was wrong only when the virtualization daemons were actually started.

I am working with the xen versions of the kernel, though. I have not, however, tried the non-Xen kernels to see how that works out. If you need me to test the other kernels, I can do that. Might have to reload the machine? Not sure how to switch to the other set.

Let me know what you'd like me to try. Also quite willing to run a kernel with debug stuff in it if that helps you. The test machine is not in production, so we can reload and mangle as needed.

Comment 29 Ivan Vecera 2008-09-16 13:47:26 UTC

There is no problem to install non-Xen kernel and boot it via grub.
Is it possible to assign MAC address via ifconfig?
Could you please test Don's version (2.6.18-115.el5)? I need to try both variants (Xen and non-Xen). For each prepare 'dmesg' dump and 'ifconfig -a' dump.

Thanks,
Ivan

Comment 30 Daniel Senie 2008-09-16 19:08:59 UTC

With the 115 test kernel, there is no way to get the Mac address assigned. I've got the mac address explicitly in the ifcfg-eth0, so if it were going to work, it'd work from there.

Same issue with the xen and non-xen kernels. Other info will be attached in a few minutes.

Comment 31 Daniel Senie 2008-09-16 19:11:19 UTC

From the non-xen kernel:

# ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF  
          inet addr:192.168.8.3  Bcast:192.168.8.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::fcff:ffff:feff:ffff/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:436 errors:0 dropped:6863074280 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:256 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:47426 (46.3 KiB)  TX bytes:28064 (27.4 KiB)
          Interrupt:233 Base address:0x2000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:560 (560.0 b)  TX bytes:560 (560.0 b)

sit0      Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4  
          NOARP  MTU:1480  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

dmesg output:

Linux version 2.6.18-115.el5 (brewbuilder.redhat.com) (gcc version 4.1.2 20071124 (
Red Hat 4.1.2-41)) #1 SMP Sat Sep 13 23:29:16 EDT 2008
Command line: ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
 BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f400 (usable)
 BIOS-e820: 000000000009f400 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 00000000cf6e0000 (usable)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000cf6e0000 - 00000000cf6e3000 (ACPI NVS)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000cf6e3000 - 00000000cf6f0000 (ACPI data)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000cf6f0000 - 00000000cf700000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000e0000000 - 00000000f0000000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
DMI 2.4 present.
ACPI: RSDP (v000 AOpen                                 ) @ 0x00000000000f7a70
ACPI: RSDT (v001 AOpen  AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x00000000cf6e3000
ACPI: FADT (v001 AOpen  AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x00000000cf6e3080
ACPI: HPET (v001 AOpen  AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000098) @ 0x00000000cf6e7f40
ACPI: MCFG (v001 AOpen  AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x00000000cf6e7f80
ACPI: MADT (v001 AOpen  AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x00000000cf6e7e80
ACPI: SSDT (v001  PmRef    CpuPm 0x00003000 INTL 0x20040311) @ 0x00000000cf6e86e0
ACPI: DSDT (v001 AOPEN  AWRDACPI 0x00001000 MSFT 0x03000000) @ 0x0000000000000000
No NUMA configuration found
Faking a node at 0000000000000000-00000000cf6e0000
Bootmem setup node 0 0000000000000000-00000000cf6e0000
Memory for crash kernel (0x0 to 0x0) notwithin permissible range
disabling kdump
On node 0 totalpages: 836622
  DMA zone: 2646 pages, LIFO batch:0
  DMA32 zone: 833976 pages, LIFO batch:31
ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x408
ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x00] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
Processor #0 6:15 APIC version 20
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x01] enabled)
Processor #1 6:15 APIC version 20
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x02] lapic_id[0x02] disabled)
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x03] lapic_id[0x03] disabled)
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x00] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x01] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x02] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x03] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x04] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0])
IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 4, version 32, address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-23
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl dfl)
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 high level)
ACPI: IRQ0 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ2 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ9 used by override.
Setting APIC routing to physical flat
ACPI: HPET id: 0x8086a201 base: 0xfed00000
Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information
Nosave address range: 000000000009f000 - 00000000000a0000
Nosave address range: 00000000000a0000 - 00000000000f0000
Nosave address range: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000
Allocating PCI resources starting at d0000000 (gap: cf700000:10900000)
SMP: Allowing 4 CPUs, 2 hotplug CPUs
Built 1 zonelists.  Total pages: 836622
Kernel command line: ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
Initializing CPU#0
PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 32768 bytes)
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Dentry cache hash table entries: 524288 (order: 10, 4194304 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 262144 (order: 9, 2097152 bytes)
Checking aperture...
Memory: 3336616k/3398528k available (2514k kernel code, 61524k reserved, 1291k data, 200k init)
Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 3993.53 BogoMIPS (lpj=1996767)
Security Framework v1.0.0 initialized
SELinux:  Initializing.
SELinux:  Starting in permissive mode
selinux_register_security:  Registering secondary module capability
Capability LSM initialized as secondary
Mount-cache hash table entries: 256
CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K
CPU: L2 cache: 2048K
using mwait in idle threads.
CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
CPU: Processor Core ID: 0
CPU0: Thermal monitoring enabled (TM2)
SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
ACPI: Core revision 20060707
Using local APIC timer interrupts.
result 12470160
Detected 12.470 MHz APIC timer.
SMP alternatives: switching to SMP code
Booting processor 1/2 APIC 0x1
Initializing CPU#1
Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 3990.45 BogoMIPS (lpj=1995228)
CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K
CPU: L2 cache: 2048K
CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
CPU: Processor Core ID: 1
CPU1: Thermal monitoring enabled (TM2)
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T7250  @ 2.00GHz stepping 0d
Brought up 2 CPUs
testing NMI watchdog ... OK.
time.c: Using 14.318180 MHz WALL HPET GTOD HPET/TSC timer.
time.c: Detected 1995.227 MHz processor.
sizeof(vma)=176 bytes
sizeof(page)=56 bytes
sizeof(inode)=560 bytes
sizeof(dentry)=216 bytes
sizeof(ext3inode)=760 bytes
sizeof(buffer_head)=96 bytes
sizeof(skbuff)=240 bytes
migration_cost=12
checking if image is initramfs... it is
Freeing initrd memory: 3188k freed
NET: Registered protocol family 16
No dock devices found.
ACPI: bus type pci registered
PCI: Using MMCONFIG at e0000000
ACPI: Interpreter enabled
ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
Boot video device is 0000:00:02.0
PCI: Ignoring BAR0-3 of IDE controller 0000:00:1f.1
PCI: Transparent bridge - 0000:00:1e.0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PEX0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PEX2._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.HUB0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 *10 11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 *11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 *15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 *15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK0] (IRQs 3 4 *5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK1] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 *9 10 11 12 14 15)
Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
pnp: PnP ACPI init
pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
xen_mem: Initialising balloon driver.
usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new driver hub
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
PCI: If a device doesn't work, try "pci=routeirq".  If it helps, post a report
NetLabel: Initializing
NetLabel:  domain hash size = 128
NetLabel:  protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4
NetLabel:  unlabeled traffic allowed by default
hpet0: at MMIO 0xfed00000 (virtual 0xffffffffff5fe000), IRQs 2, 8, 0
hpet0: 3 64-bit timers, 14318180 Hz
PCI-GART: No AMD northbridge found.
pnp: 00:08: ioport range 0x400-0x4bf could not be reserved
PCI: Ignore bogus resource 6 [0:0] of 0000:00:02.0
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1c.0
  IO window: c000-cfff
  MEM window: fde00000-fdefffff
  PREFETCH window: fdd00000-fddfffff
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1c.2
  IO window: d000-dfff
  MEM window: fdc00000-fdcfffff
  PREFETCH window: fdb00000-fdbfffff
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1e.0
  IO window: e000-efff
  MEM window: fd900000-fd9fffff
  PREFETCH window: fd800000-fd8fffff
GSI 16 sharing vector 0xA9 and IRQ 16
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1c.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 169
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.0 to 64
GSI 17 sharing vector 0xB1 and IRQ 17
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1c.2[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 177
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.2 to 64
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1e.0 to 64
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 262144 (order: 10, 4194304 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 262144 bind 65536)
TCP reno registered
audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
type=2000 audit(1221589559.634:1): initialized
Total HugeTLB memory allocated, 0
VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
Dquot-cache hash table entries: 512 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
SELinux:  Registering netfilter hooks
Initializing Cryptographic API
alg: No test for crc32c (crc32c-generic)
ksign: Installing public key data
Loading keyring
- Added public key CD425D9D735FCFF
- User ID: Red Hat, Inc. (Kernel Module GPG key)
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler anticipatory registered
io scheduler deadline registered
io scheduler cfq registered (default)
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.0 to 64
assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.0:pcie00]
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.0:pcie03]
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.2 to 64
assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.2:pcie00]
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.2:pcie02]
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.2:pcie03]
pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
ACPI: Fan [FAN] (on)
ACPI (exconfig-0456): Dynamic SSDT Load - OemId [ PmRef] OemTableId [ Cpu0Ist] [20060707]
ACPI (exconfig-0456): Dynamic SSDT Load - OemId [ PmRef] OemTableId [ Cpu1Ist] [20060707]
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff810037c8b990] 'on'
ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (76 C)
Real Time Clock Driver v1.12ac
hpet_resources: 0xfed00000 is busy
Non-volatile memory driver v1.2
Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones
agpgart: Detected an Intel 965GM Chipset.
agpgart: Detected 7676K stolen memory.
agpgart: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0xd0000000
Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
00:07: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 16384K size 4096 blocksize
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
ICH8M: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:1f.1
ACPI: Unable to derive IRQ for device 0000:00:1f.1
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.1[A]: no GSI
ICH8M: chipset revision 3
ICH8M: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
    ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf900-0xf907, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
Probing IDE interface ide0...
Probing IDE interface ide0...
Probing IDE interface ide1...
ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide
usbcore: registered new driver hiddev
usbcore: registered new driver usbhid
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly.
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
md: md driver 0.90.3 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27
md: bitmap version 4.39
TCP bic registered
Initializing IPsec netlink socket
NET: Registered protocol family 1
NET: Registered protocol family 17
ACPI: (supports S0 S3 S4 S5)
Freeing unused kernel memory: 200k freed
Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 490k
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1a.7[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 177
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1a.7 to 64
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: debug port 1
PCI: cache line size of 32 is not supported by device 0000:00:1a.7
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: irq 177, io mem 0xfdfff000
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
GSI 18 sharing vector 0xD1 and IRQ 18
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.7[A] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 209
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.7 to 64
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: debug port 1
PCI: cache line size of 32 is not supported by device 0000:00:1d.7
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 209, io mem 0xfdffe000
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
ohci_hcd: 2005 April 22 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver (PCI)
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1a.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 169
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1a.0 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: irq 169, io base 0x0000fe00
usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
GSI 19 sharing vector 0xD9 and IRQ 19
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1a.1[B] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 217
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1a.1 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: irq 217, io base 0x0000fd00
usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.0[A] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 209
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.0 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 209, io base 0x0000fc00
usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
GSI 20 sharing vector 0xE1 and IRQ 20
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.1[B] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 225
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.1 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 225, io base 0x0000fb00
usb usb6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 6-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
usb 3-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.2[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 177
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.2 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 7
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 177, io base 0x0000fa00
usb usb7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 7-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
SCSI subsystem initialized
libata version 3.00 loaded.
ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: version 2.12
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 225
ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: MAP [ P0 P2 P1 P3 ]
usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
input: Microsoft Microsoft 5-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM) as /class/input/input0
input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Microsoft Microsoft 5-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM)] on usb-0000:00:1
a.0-1
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.2 to 64
scsi0 : ata_piix
scsi1 : ata_piix
ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xf800 ctl 0xf700 bmdma 0xf400 irq 225
ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xf600 ctl 0xf500 bmdma 0xf408 irq 225
usb 6-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb 6-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
input: Key Tronic Keytronic USB Keyboard as /class/input/input1
input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Key Tronic Keytronic USB Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1
ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
ata1.00: ATA-7: ST9200420AS, 3.AAA, max UDMA/133
ata1.00: 390721968 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32)
ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 0)
  Vendor: ATA       Model: ST9200420AS       Rev: 3.AA
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 05
SCSI device sda: 390721968 512-byte hdwr sectors (200050 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
SCSI device sda: 390721968 512-byte hdwr sectors (200050 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
 sda: sda1 sda2
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff810037c8b990] 'on'
device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
device-mapper: ioctl: 4.11.5-ioctl (2007-12-12) initialised: dm-devel
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff810037c8b990] 'on'
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
SELinux:  Disabled at runtime.
SELinux:  Unregistering netfilter hooks
type=1404 audit(1221589574.219:2): selinux=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295
r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 177
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64
eth0: RTL8168c/8111c at 0xffffc20000022000, fe:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, XID 3c2000c0 IRQ 233
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.3[B] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 225
input: PC Speaker as /class/input/input2
shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff810037c8b990] 'on'
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
GSI 21 sharing vector 0x32 and IRQ 21
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1b.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 50
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1b.0 to 64
hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC662, trying auto-probe from BIOS...
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is unknown type 15 (usb?), fd1 is unknown type 15 (usb?)
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff810037c8b990] 'on'
floppy0: no floppy controllers found
lp: driver loaded but no devices found
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
md: autorun ...
md: ... autorun DONE.
device-mapper: multipath: version 1.0.5 loaded
EXT3 FS on dm-0, internal journal
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Adding 16777208k swap on /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:16777208k
IA-32 Microcode Update Driver: v1.14a <tigran>
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff810037c8b990] 'on'
NET: Registered protocol family 10
lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Netfilter messages via NETLINK v0.30.
ip_conntrack version 2.4 (8192 buckets, 65536 max) - 304 bytes per conntrack
r8169: eth0: link up
r8169: eth0: link up
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff810037c8b990] 'on'
Bluetooth: Core ver 2.10
NET: Registered protocol family 31
Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.8
Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.8
Bluetooth: HIDP (Human Interface Emulation) ver 1.1
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff810037c8b990] 'on'
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff810037c8b990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff810037c8b990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff810037c8b990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff810037c8b990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff810037c8b990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff810037c8b990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff810037c8b990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff810037c8b990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff810037c8b990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff810037c8b990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff810037c8b990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff810037c8b990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff810037c8b990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff810037c8b990] 'on'

Comment 32 Daniel Senie 2008-09-16 19:18:23 UTC

From the Xen kernel with xend/libvirtd disabled:

# ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF  
          inet addr:192.168.8.3  Bcast:192.168.8.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::fcff:ffff:feff:ffff/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:121 errors:0 dropped:20645504782 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:153 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:14728 (14.3 KiB)  TX bytes:20318 (19.8 KiB)
          Interrupt:17 Base address:0x4000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:560 (560.0 b)  TX bytes:560 (560.0 b)

sit0      Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4  
          NOARP  MTU:1480  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)


And dmesg:

# dmesg|more
Bootdata ok (command line is ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet)
Linux version 2.6.18-115.el5xen (brewbuilder.redhat.com) (gcc version 4.1.2 2007112
4 (Red Hat 4.1.2-41)) #1 SMP Sat Sep 13 23:45:48 EDT 2008
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
 Xen: 0000000000000000 - 00000000c3aea000 (usable)
On node 0 totalpages: 801514
  DMA zone: 801514 pages, LIFO batch:31
DMI 2.4 present.
ACPI: RSDP (v000 AOpen                                 ) @ 0x00000000000f7a70
ACPI: RSDT (v001 AOpen  AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x00000000cf6e3000
ACPI: FADT (v001 AOpen  AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x00000000cf6e3080
ACPI: HPET (v001 AOpen  AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000098) @ 0x00000000cf6e7f40
ACPI: MCFG (v001 AOpen  AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x00000000cf6e7f80
ACPI: MADT (v001 AOpen  AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x00000000cf6e7e80
ACPI: SSDT (v001  PmRef    CpuPm 0x00003000 INTL 0x20040311) @ 0x00000000cf6e86e0
ACPI: DSDT (v001 AOPEN  AWRDACPI 0x00001000 MSFT 0x03000000) @ 0x0000000000000000
ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x00] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x01] enabled)
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x02] lapic_id[0x02] disabled)
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x03] lapic_id[0x03] disabled)
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x00] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x01] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x02] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x03] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x04] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0])
IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 4, version 32, address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-23
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl dfl)
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 high level)
ACPI: IRQ0 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ2 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ9 used by override.
Setting APIC routing to xen
Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information
Allocating PCI resources starting at d0000000 (gap: cf700000:10900000)
Built 1 zonelists.  Total pages: 801514
Kernel command line: ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
Initializing CPU#0
PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 32768 bytes)
Xen reported: 1995.291 MHz processor.
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Dentry cache hash table entries: 524288 (order: 10, 4194304 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 262144 (order: 9, 2097152 bytes)
Software IO TLB enabled: 
 Aperture:     64 megabytes
 Kernel range: 0xffff880004e7e000 - 0xffff880008e7e000
PCI-DMA: Using software bounce buffering for IO (SWIOTLB)
Memory: 3054584k/3206056k available (2448k kernel code, 142584k reserved, 1369k data, 184k init)
Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 4990.15 BogoMIPS (lpj=9980311)
Security Framework v1.0.0 initialized
SELinux:  Initializing.
SELinux:  Starting in permissive mode
selinux_register_security:  Registering secondary module capability
Capability LSM initialized as secondary
Mount-cache hash table entries: 256
CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K
CPU: L2 cache: 2048K
CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
CPU: Processor Core ID: 0
(SMP-)alternatives turned off
ACPI: Core revision 20060707
Brought up 2 CPUs
sizeof(vma)=168 bytes
sizeof(page)=56 bytes
sizeof(inode)=560 bytes
sizeof(dentry)=216 bytes
sizeof(ext3inode)=760 bytes
sizeof(buffer_head)=96 bytes
sizeof(skbuff)=240 bytes
Initializing CPU#1
migration_cost=13
checking if image is initramfs... it is
Grant table initialized
NET: Registered protocol family 16
No dock devices found.
ACPI: bus type pci registered
PCI: BIOS Bug: MCFG area at e0000000 is not E820-reserved
PCI: Not using MMCONFIG.
PCI: Using configuration type 1
ACPI: Interpreter enabled
ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
Boot video device is 0000:00:02.0
PCI: Ignoring BAR0-3 of IDE controller 0000:00:1f.1
PCI: Transparent bridge - 0000:00:1e.0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PEX0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PEX2._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.HUB0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 *10 11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 *11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 *15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 *15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK0] (IRQs 3 4 *5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK1] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 *9 10 11 12 14 15)
Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
pnp: PnP ACPI init
pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
xen_mem: Initialising balloon driver.
usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new driver hub
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
PCI: If a device doesn't work, try "pci=routeirq".  If it helps, post a report
NetLabel: Initializing
NetLabel:  domain hash size = 128
NetLabel:  protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4
NetLabel:  unlabeled traffic allowed by default
pnp: 00:08: ioport range 0x400-0x4bf could not be reserved
PCI: Ignore bogus resource 6 [0:0] of 0000:00:02.0
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1c.0
  IO window: c000-cfff
  MEM window: fde00000-fdefffff
  PREFETCH window: fdd00000-fddfffff
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1c.2
  IO window: d000-dfff
  MEM window: fdc00000-fdcfffff
  PREFETCH window: fdb00000-fdbfffff
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1e.0
  IO window: e000-efff
  MEM window: fd900000-fd9fffff
  PREFETCH window: fd800000-fd8fffff
GSI 16 sharing vector 0xA0 and IRQ 16
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1c.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.0 to 64
GSI 17 sharing vector 0xA8 and IRQ 17
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1c.2[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.2 to 64
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1e.0 to 64
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 262144 (order: 10, 4194304 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 262144 bind 65536)
TCP reno registered
audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
type=2000 audit(1221592463.716:1): initialized
VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
Dquot-cache hash table entries: 512 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
SELinux:  Registering netfilter hooks
Initializing Cryptographic API
alg: No test for crc32c (crc32c-generic)
ksign: Installing public key data
Loading keyring
- Added public key CD425D9D735FCFF
- User ID: Red Hat, Inc. (Kernel Module GPG key)
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler anticipatory registered
io scheduler deadline registered
io scheduler cfq registered (default)
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.0 to 64
assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.0:pcie00]
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.2 to 64
assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.2:pcie00]
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.2:pcie02]
pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
ACPI: Fan [FAN] (on)
ACPI (exconfig-0456): Dynamic SSDT Load - OemId [ PmRef] OemTableId [ Cpu0Ist] [20060707]
ACPI (exconfig-0456): Dynamic SSDT Load - OemId [ PmRef] OemTableId [ Cpu1Ist] [20060707]
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (77 C)
Real Time Clock Driver v1.12ac
hpet_acpi_add: no address or irqs in _CRS
Non-volatile memory driver v1.2
Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones
agpgart: Detected an Intel 965GM Chipset.
agpgart: Detected 7676K stolen memory.
agpgart: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0xd0000000
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 16384K size 4096 blocksize
Xen virtual console successfully installed as ttyS0
Event-channel device installed.
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
ICH8M: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:1f.1
ACPI: Unable to derive IRQ for device 0000:00:1f.1
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.1[A]: no GSI
ICH8M: chipset revision 3
ICH8M: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
    ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf900-0xf907, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
Probing IDE interface ide0...
Probing IDE interface ide0...
Probing IDE interface ide1...
ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide
usbcore: registered new driver hiddev
usbcore: registered new driver usbhid
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly.
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
md: md driver 0.90.3 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27
md: bitmap version 4.39
TCP bic registered
Initializing IPsec netlink socket
NET: Registered protocol family 1
NET: Registered protocol family 17
Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 468k
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1a.7[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1a.7 to 64
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: debug port 1
PCI: cache line size of 32 is not supported by device 0000:00:1a.7
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: irq 17, io mem 0xfdfff000
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
GSI 18 sharing vector 0xB0 and IRQ 18
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.7[A] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.7 to 64
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: debug port 1
PCI: cache line size of 32 is not supported by device 0000:00:1d.7
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 18, io mem 0xfdffe000
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
ohci_hcd: 2005 April 22 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver (PCI)
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1a.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1a.0 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: irq 16, io base 0x0000fe00
usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
GSI 19 sharing vector 0xB8 and IRQ 19
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1a.1[B] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1a.1 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: irq 19, io base 0x0000fd00
usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.0[A] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.0 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 18, io base 0x0000fc00
usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
GSI 20 sharing vector 0xC0 and IRQ 20
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.1[B] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.1 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 20, io base 0x0000fb00
usb usb6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 6-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.2[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.2 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 7
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 17, io base 0x0000fa00
usb usb7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 7-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
usb 3-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
SCSI subsystem initialized
libata version 3.00 loaded.
ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: version 2.12
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: MAP [ P0 P2 P1 P3 ]
usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
input: Microsoft Microsoft 5-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM) as /class/input/input0
input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Microsoft Microsoft 5-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM)] on usb-0000:00:1
a.0-1
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.2 to 64
scsi0 : ata_piix
scsi1 : ata_piix
ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xf800 ctl 0xf700 bmdma 0xf400 irq 20
ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xf600 ctl 0xf500 bmdma 0xf408 irq 20
usb 6-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb 6-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
input: Key Tronic Keytronic USB Keyboard as /class/input/input1
input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Key Tronic Keytronic USB Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1
ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
ata1.00: ATA-7: ST9200420AS, 3.AAA, max UDMA/133
ata1.00: 390721968 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32)
ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 0)
  Vendor: ATA       Model: ST9200420AS       Rev: 3.AA
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 05
SCSI device sda: 390721968 512-byte hdwr sectors (200050 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
SCSI device sda: 390721968 512-byte hdwr sectors (200050 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
 sda: sda1 sda2
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
device-mapper: ioctl: 4.11.5-ioctl (2007-12-12) initialised: dm-devel
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
SELinux:  Disabled at runtime.
SELinux:  Unregistering netfilter hooks
type=1404 audit(1221592478.380:2): selinux=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295
input: PC Speaker as /class/input/input2
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64
r8169 0000:02:00.0: no MSI. Back to INTx.
eth0: RTL8168c/8111c at 0xffffc20000024000, fe:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, XID 3c2000c0 IRQ 17
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.3[B] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
8250_pnp: Unknown symbol serial8250_unregister_port
8250_pnp: Unknown symbol serial8250_register_port
GSI 21 sharing vector 0xC8 and IRQ 21
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1b.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1b.0 to 64
hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC662, trying auto-probe from BIOS...
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is unknown type 15 (usb?), fd1 is unknown type 15 (usb?)
floppy0: no floppy controllers found
lp: driver loaded but no devices found
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
md: autorun ...
md: ... autorun DONE.
device-mapper: multipath: version 1.0.5 loaded
EXT3 FS on dm-0, internal journal
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Adding 16777208k swap on /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:16777208k
IA-32 Microcode Update Driver: v1.14-xen <tigran>
NET: Registered protocol family 10
lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Netfilter messages via NETLINK v0.30.
ip_conntrack version 2.4 (8192 buckets, 65536 max) - 304 bytes per conntrack
r8169: eth0: link up
r8169: eth0: link up
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
Bluetooth: Core ver 2.10
NET: Registered protocol family 31
Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.8
Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.8
Bluetooth: HIDP (Human Interface Emulation) ver 1.1
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'

Comment 33 Daniel Senie 2008-09-16 19:27:42 UTC

Started libvirtd. Then started xend, and the Ethernet stopped functioning. I dumped the ifconfig -a and dmesg to a file from the console, and rebooted. Now copying what it had to say:

ifconfig -a output:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF  
          inet addr:192.168.8.3  Bcast:192.168.8.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::fcff:ffff:feff:ffff/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:44 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:53 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:11724 (11.4 KiB)  TX bytes:10735 (10.4 KiB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:17 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:17 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:1640 (1.6 KiB)  TX bytes:1640 (1.6 KiB)

peth0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF  
          inet6 addr: fe80::fcff:ffff:feff:ffff/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:487 errors:0 dropped:63716143872 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:388 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:51224 (50.0 KiB)  TX bytes:72417 (70.7 KiB)
          Interrupt:17 Base address:0x4000 

sit0      Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4  
          NOARP  MTU:1480  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

veth1     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00  
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

veth2     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00  
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

veth3     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00  
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

vif0.0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF  
          inet6 addr: fe80::fcff:ffff:feff:ffff/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:53 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:44 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:10735 (10.4 KiB)  TX bytes:11724 (11.4 KiB)

vif0.1    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF  
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

vif0.2    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF  
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

vif0.3    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF  
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

virbr0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00  
          inet addr:192.168.122.1  Bcast:192.168.122.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::200:ff:fe00:0/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:10132 (9.8 KiB)

xenbr0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF  
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:128 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:22779 (22.2 KiB)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

and dmesg output. Note especially the messages relating to vif0.0 near the end:

Bootdata ok (command line is ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet)
Linux version 2.6.18-115.el5xen (brewbuilder.redhat.com) (gcc version 4.1.2 2007112
4 (Red Hat 4.1.2-41)) #1 SMP Sat Sep 13 23:45:48 EDT 2008
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
 Xen: 0000000000000000 - 00000000c3aea000 (usable)
On node 0 totalpages: 801514
  DMA zone: 801514 pages, LIFO batch:31
DMI 2.4 present.
ACPI: RSDP (v000 AOpen                                 ) @ 0x00000000000f7a70
ACPI: RSDT (v001 AOpen  AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x00000000cf6e3000
ACPI: FADT (v001 AOpen  AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x00000000cf6e3080
ACPI: HPET (v001 AOpen  AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000098) @ 0x00000000cf6e7f40
ACPI: MCFG (v001 AOpen  AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x00000000cf6e7f80
ACPI: MADT (v001 AOpen  AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x00000000cf6e7e80
ACPI: SSDT (v001  PmRef    CpuPm 0x00003000 INTL 0x20040311) @ 0x00000000cf6e86e0
ACPI: DSDT (v001 AOPEN  AWRDACPI 0x00001000 MSFT 0x03000000) @ 0x0000000000000000
ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x00] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x01] enabled)
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x02] lapic_id[0x02] disabled)
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x03] lapic_id[0x03] disabled)
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x00] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x01] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x02] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x03] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x04] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0])
IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 4, version 32, address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-23
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl dfl)
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 high level)
ACPI: IRQ0 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ2 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ9 used by override.
Setting APIC routing to xen
Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information
Allocating PCI resources starting at d0000000 (gap: cf700000:10900000)
Built 1 zonelists.  Total pages: 801514
Kernel command line: ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
Initializing CPU#0
PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 32768 bytes)
Xen reported: 1995.291 MHz processor.
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Dentry cache hash table entries: 524288 (order: 10, 4194304 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 262144 (order: 9, 2097152 bytes)
Software IO TLB enabled: 
 Aperture:     64 megabytes
 Kernel range: 0xffff880004e7e000 - 0xffff880008e7e000
PCI-DMA: Using software bounce buffering for IO (SWIOTLB)
Memory: 3054584k/3206056k available (2448k kernel code, 142584k reserved, 1369k data, 184k init)
Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 4990.15 BogoMIPS (lpj=9980311)
Security Framework v1.0.0 initialized
SELinux:  Initializing.
SELinux:  Starting in permissive mode
selinux_register_security:  Registering secondary module capability
Capability LSM initialized as secondary
Mount-cache hash table entries: 256
CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K
CPU: L2 cache: 2048K
CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
CPU: Processor Core ID: 0
(SMP-)alternatives turned off
ACPI: Core revision 20060707
Brought up 2 CPUs
sizeof(vma)=168 bytes
sizeof(page)=56 bytes
sizeof(inode)=560 bytes
sizeof(dentry)=216 bytes
sizeof(ext3inode)=760 bytes
sizeof(buffer_head)=96 bytes
sizeof(skbuff)=240 bytes
Initializing CPU#1
migration_cost=13
checking if image is initramfs... it is
Grant table initialized
NET: Registered protocol family 16
No dock devices found.
ACPI: bus type pci registered
PCI: BIOS Bug: MCFG area at e0000000 is not E820-reserved
PCI: Not using MMCONFIG.
PCI: Using configuration type 1
ACPI: Interpreter enabled
ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
Boot video device is 0000:00:02.0
PCI: Ignoring BAR0-3 of IDE controller 0000:00:1f.1
PCI: Transparent bridge - 0000:00:1e.0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PEX0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PEX2._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.HUB0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 *10 11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 *11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 *15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 *15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK0] (IRQs 3 4 *5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK1] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 *9 10 11 12 14 15)
Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
pnp: PnP ACPI init
pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
xen_mem: Initialising balloon driver.
usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new driver hub
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
PCI: If a device doesn't work, try "pci=routeirq".  If it helps, post a report
NetLabel: Initializing
NetLabel:  domain hash size = 128
NetLabel:  protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4
NetLabel:  unlabeled traffic allowed by default
pnp: 00:08: ioport range 0x400-0x4bf could not be reserved
PCI: Ignore bogus resource 6 [0:0] of 0000:00:02.0
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1c.0
  IO window: c000-cfff
  MEM window: fde00000-fdefffff
  PREFETCH window: fdd00000-fddfffff
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1c.2
  IO window: d000-dfff
  MEM window: fdc00000-fdcfffff
  PREFETCH window: fdb00000-fdbfffff
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1e.0
  IO window: e000-efff
  MEM window: fd900000-fd9fffff
  PREFETCH window: fd800000-fd8fffff
GSI 16 sharing vector 0xA0 and IRQ 16
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1c.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.0 to 64
GSI 17 sharing vector 0xA8 and IRQ 17
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1c.2[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.2 to 64
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1e.0 to 64
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 262144 (order: 10, 4194304 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 262144 bind 65536)
TCP reno registered
audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
type=2000 audit(1221592463.716:1): initialized
VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
Dquot-cache hash table entries: 512 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
SELinux:  Registering netfilter hooks
Initializing Cryptographic API
alg: No test for crc32c (crc32c-generic)
ksign: Installing public key data
Loading keyring
- Added public key CD425D9D735FCFF
- User ID: Red Hat, Inc. (Kernel Module GPG key)
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler anticipatory registered
io scheduler deadline registered
io scheduler cfq registered (default)
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.0 to 64
assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.0:pcie00]
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.2 to 64
assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.2:pcie00]
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.2:pcie02]
pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
ACPI: Fan [FAN] (on)
ACPI (exconfig-0456): Dynamic SSDT Load - OemId [ PmRef] OemTableId [ Cpu0Ist] [20060707]
ACPI (exconfig-0456): Dynamic SSDT Load - OemId [ PmRef] OemTableId [ Cpu1Ist] [20060707]
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (77 C)
Real Time Clock Driver v1.12ac
hpet_acpi_add: no address or irqs in _CRS
Non-volatile memory driver v1.2
Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones
agpgart: Detected an Intel 965GM Chipset.
agpgart: Detected 7676K stolen memory.
agpgart: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0xd0000000
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 16384K size 4096 blocksize
Xen virtual console successfully installed as ttyS0
Event-channel device installed.
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
ICH8M: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:1f.1
ACPI: Unable to derive IRQ for device 0000:00:1f.1
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.1[A]: no GSI
ICH8M: chipset revision 3
ICH8M: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
    ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf900-0xf907, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
Probing IDE interface ide0...
Probing IDE interface ide0...
Probing IDE interface ide1...
ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide
usbcore: registered new driver hiddev
usbcore: registered new driver usbhid
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly.
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
md: md driver 0.90.3 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27
md: bitmap version 4.39
TCP bic registered
Initializing IPsec netlink socket
NET: Registered protocol family 1
NET: Registered protocol family 17
Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 468k
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1a.7[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1a.7 to 64
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: debug port 1
PCI: cache line size of 32 is not supported by device 0000:00:1a.7
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: irq 17, io mem 0xfdfff000
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
GSI 18 sharing vector 0xB0 and IRQ 18
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.7[A] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.7 to 64
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: debug port 1
PCI: cache line size of 32 is not supported by device 0000:00:1d.7
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 18, io mem 0xfdffe000
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
ohci_hcd: 2005 April 22 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver (PCI)
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1a.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1a.0 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: irq 16, io base 0x0000fe00
usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
GSI 19 sharing vector 0xB8 and IRQ 19
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1a.1[B] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1a.1 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: irq 19, io base 0x0000fd00
usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.0[A] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.0 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 18, io base 0x0000fc00
usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
GSI 20 sharing vector 0xC0 and IRQ 20
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.1[B] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.1 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 20, io base 0x0000fb00
usb usb6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 6-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.2[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.2 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 7
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 17, io base 0x0000fa00
usb usb7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 7-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
usb 3-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
SCSI subsystem initialized
libata version 3.00 loaded.
ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: version 2.12
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: MAP [ P0 P2 P1 P3 ]
usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
input: Microsoft Microsoft 5-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM) as /class/input/input0
input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Microsoft Microsoft 5-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM)] on usb-0000:00:1
a.0-1
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.2 to 64
scsi0 : ata_piix
scsi1 : ata_piix
ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xf800 ctl 0xf700 bmdma 0xf400 irq 20
ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xf600 ctl 0xf500 bmdma 0xf408 irq 20
usb 6-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb 6-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
input: Key Tronic Keytronic USB Keyboard as /class/input/input1
input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Key Tronic Keytronic USB Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1
ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
ata1.00: ATA-7: ST9200420AS, 3.AAA, max UDMA/133
ata1.00: 390721968 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32)
ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 0)
  Vendor: ATA       Model: ST9200420AS       Rev: 3.AA
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 05
SCSI device sda: 390721968 512-byte hdwr sectors (200050 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
SCSI device sda: 390721968 512-byte hdwr sectors (200050 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
 sda: sda1 sda2
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
device-mapper: ioctl: 4.11.5-ioctl (2007-12-12) initialised: dm-devel
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
SELinux:  Disabled at runtime.
SELinux:  Unregistering netfilter hooks
type=1404 audit(1221592478.380:2): selinux=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295
input: PC Speaker as /class/input/input2
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64
r8169 0000:02:00.0: no MSI. Back to INTx.
eth0: RTL8168c/8111c at 0xffffc20000024000, fe:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, XID 3c2000c0 IRQ 17
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.3[B] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
8250_pnp: Unknown symbol serial8250_unregister_port
8250_pnp: Unknown symbol serial8250_register_port
GSI 21 sharing vector 0xC8 and IRQ 21
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1b.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1b.0 to 64
hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC662, trying auto-probe from BIOS...
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is unknown type 15 (usb?), fd1 is unknown type 15 (usb?)
floppy0: no floppy controllers found
lp: driver loaded but no devices found
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
md: autorun ...
md: ... autorun DONE.
device-mapper: multipath: version 1.0.5 loaded
EXT3 FS on dm-0, internal journal
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Adding 16777208k swap on /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:16777208k
IA-32 Microcode Update Driver: v1.14-xen <tigran>
NET: Registered protocol family 10
lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Netfilter messages via NETLINK v0.30.
ip_conntrack version 2.4 (8192 buckets, 65536 max) - 304 bytes per conntrack
r8169: eth0: link up
r8169: eth0: link up
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
Bluetooth: Core ver 2.10
NET: Registered protocol family 31
Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.8
Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.8
Bluetooth: HIDP (Human Interface Emulation) ver 1.1
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
Bridge firewalling registered
virbr0: Dropping NETIF_F_UFO since no NETIF_F_HW_CSUM feature.
xenbr0: Dropping NETIF_F_UFO since no NETIF_F_HW_CSUM feature.
device vif0.0 entered promiscuous mode
xenbr0: topology change detected, propagating
xenbr0: port 1(vif0.0) entering forwarding state
r8169: peth0: link up
device peth0 entered promiscuous mode
xenbr0: topology change detected, propagating
xenbr0: port 2(peth0) entering forwarding state
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
virbr0: no IPv6 routers present
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
vif0.0: received packet with  own address as source address
vif0.0: received packet with  own address as source address
vif0.0: received packet with  own address as source address
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
vif0.0: received packet with  own address as source address
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
vif0.0: received packet with  own address as source address
vif0.0: received packet with  own address as source address
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
vif0.0: received packet with  own address as source address
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
vif0.0: received packet with  own address as source address
vif0.0: received packet with  own address as source address
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
vif0.0: received packet with  own address as source address
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
vif0.0: received packet with  own address as source address
vif0.0: received packet with  own address as source address
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'
ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [ffff880001437990] 'on'

Comment 36 Ivan Vecera 2008-09-18 14:19:51 UTC

Hi Daniel,
I found what's the problem. My latest update to RHEL-5 r8169 driver adds an ability to set MAC address for the device. The problem is that this MAC change is persistent and the MAC address is not set to original one after reboot. The device sets the hardwired MAC after power-off.
The problem is that Xen daemon doesn't take account of this. It does:
1. Renames physical interface ethX to pethX
2. Creates virtual device ethX and sets its MAC to MAC of the interface pethX (e.g. 01:02:03:04:05:06)
3. Sets the pethX MAC address to FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF

So at this point everything is OK. ethX has 01:02:03:04:05:06 and pethX has FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF.
But after reboot (not power-off), pethX's MAC is still FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF.
So ethX adopts its MAC and the result is ethX has FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF and pethX has also FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF.

The r8169 should read the hardwired MAC from EEPROM on init. The upstream driver has also this problem. I created patch for this issue and posted it upstream.

See: http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122174579906197&w=2

Regards,
Ivan

Comment 37 Daniel Senie 2008-09-18 14:51:41 UTC

Indeed, I power cycled and booted the non-xen kernel and the Mac address was reset to normal. Good find, and good that you got this patched upstream. Should help a lot of folks avoid this oddity.

Still a few other strangenesses with this platform (the ACPI one and some graphics issues) but we're getting there. Hopefully 5.3 will run cleanly on the platform as fixes for all these various little issues converge.

Comment 38 Ivan Vecera 2008-09-19 05:53:23 UTC

Hi Daniel, I built new kernel packages with the fix from comment #36. Could you try them and provide a test result?
They are available at:
http://people.redhat.com/ivecera/rhel-5-r8169/

Comment 39 Daniel Senie 2008-09-19 12:57:50 UTC

Results so far:

First booted up the non-xen kernel. All appeared OK.

Next, booted up the xen kernel. Ifconfig at boot (libvirtd/xend off):

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:01:80:76:7A:9C  
          inet addr:192.168.8.3  Bcast:192.168.8.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::201:80ff:fe76:7a9c/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:99 errors:0 dropped:16116477125 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:139 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:12274 (11.9 KiB)  TX bytes:18984 (18.5 KiB)
          Interrupt:17 Base address:0x4000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:560 (560.0 b)  TX bytes:560 (560.0 b)

sit0      Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4  
          NOARP  MTU:1480  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

Started libvirtd:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:01:80:76:7A:9C  
          inet addr:192.168.8.3  Bcast:192.168.8.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::201:80ff:fe76:7a9c/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:156 errors:0 dropped:26000570726 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:189 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:17229 (16.8 KiB)  TX bytes:28012 (27.3 KiB)
          Interrupt:17 Base address:0x4000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:560 (560.0 b)  TX bytes:560 (560.0 b)

sit0      Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4  
          NOARP  MTU:1480  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

virbr0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00  
          inet addr:192.168.122.1  Bcast:192.168.122.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::200:ff:fe00:0/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:21 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:5975 (5.8 KiB)

started xend:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:01:80:76:7A:9C  
          inet addr:192.168.8.3  Bcast:192.168.8.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::201:80ff:fe76:7a9c/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:33 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:724 (724.0 b)  TX bytes:10016 (9.7 KiB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:560 (560.0 b)  TX bytes:560 (560.0 b)

peth0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF  
          inet6 addr: fe80::fcff:ffff:feff:ffff/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:217 errors:0 dropped:30577269297 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:260 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:22439 (21.9 KiB)  TX bytes:45176 (44.1 KiB)
          Interrupt:17 Base address:0x4000 

sit0      Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4  
          NOARP  MTU:1480  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

veth1     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00  
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

veth2     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00  
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

veth3     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00  
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

vif0.0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF  
          inet6 addr: fe80::fcff:ffff:feff:ffff/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:33 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:10016 (9.7 KiB)  TX bytes:724 (724.0 b)

vif0.1    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF  
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

vif0.2    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF  
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

vif0.3    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF  
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

virbr0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00  
          inet addr:192.168.122.1  Bcast:192.168.122.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::200:ff:fe00:0/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:33 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:9853 (9.6 KiB)

xenbr0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF  
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:8386 (8.1 KiB)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

Set grub back to boot the non-xen kernel, rebooted.

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:01:80:76:7A:9C  
          inet addr:192.168.8.3  Bcast:192.168.8.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::201:80ff:fe76:7a9c/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:125 errors:0 dropped:6006214407 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:127 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:15641 (15.2 KiB)  TX bytes:17765 (17.3 KiB)
          Interrupt:233 Base address:0x2000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:560 (560.0 b)  TX bytes:560 (560.0 b)

sit0      Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4  
          NOARP  MTU:1480  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

So it does look like that particular issue with the Mac address getting reset is resolved.

Any other tests I should run?
I think that's what you're expecting. I'll try a few other experiments once I get to the office, where the machine is.

Comment 40 Brian Likosar 2008-10-17 17:45:12 UTC

I had the exact same problems as described above by numerous people on the Dell Studio Hybrid.  Ivan's test kernels fixed my problem perfectly.  Thanks for all the work on this everyone!

Comment 41 Răzvan Sandu 2008-11-27 15:43:09 UTC

Hello,

I've hit this bug on a new system, on *Fedora 10* (released on November 25th, *after* the problem dissapeared from CentOS).


FYI, here's the smolt profile:

http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_eeb41293-070b-4c3a-8284-d3431f972259


an here's the relevant output of lspci -vvv:

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82c6
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17
	Region 0: I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
	Region 2: Memory at cffff000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Region 4: Memory at efff0000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Expansion ROM at cffc0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: r8169
	Kernel modules: r8169

The mainboard is this (Asus):

http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=498&l4=0&model=1993&modelmenu=1


Best regards,
Răzvan

Comment 42 Răzvan Sandu 2008-11-27 15:45:47 UTC

For comment #41:

Running kernel is kernel-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64 (stock kernel on Fedora 10).

Răzvan

Comment 43 Peter Lemenkov 2008-11-27 16:01:39 UTC

Ivan's kernel (kernel-2.6.18-123.el5.r8169eeprom) solved my trouble.

[petro@Nostromo ~]$ uname -a
Linux Nostromo 2.6.18-123.el5.r8169eeprom #1 SMP Thu Nov 13 07:06:08 EST 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Unknown device 8680:0100
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 58
        Region 0: I/O ports at 2000 [size=256]
        Region 2: Memory at 88200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Region 4: Memory at 88000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Expansion ROM at 88020000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable+
                Address: 00000000fee00000  Data: 403a
        Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint IRQ 1
                Device: Supported: MaxPayload 256 bytes, PhantFunc 0, ExtTag-
                Device: Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <64us
                Device: AtnBtn- AtnInd- PwrInd-
                Device: Errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
                Device: RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
                Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 4096 bytes
                Link: Supported Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Port 0
                Link: Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <64us
                Link: ASPM Disabled RCB 64 bytes CommClk- ExtSynch-
                Link: Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1
        Capabilities: [b0] MSI-X: Enable- Mask- TabSize=2
                Vector table: BAR=4 offset=00000000
                PBA: BAR=4 offset=00000800
        Capabilities: [d0] Vital Product Data
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
        Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-e0-4c-68-00-00-00-01

Comment 44 Răzvan Sandu 2008-12-03 13:31:50 UTC

Hello,


I'm in the middle of a policy conflict here ;-)  !

I use the kernel patch above (namely kernel-2.6.18-102.el5.r8169.9 from http://people.redhat.com/ivecera/rhel-5-r8169/ ) on many CentOS machines, as the only practical solution I have to this r8169 problem.

Recently, the X interface of one of them crashed unexpectedly and I reported the bug here:

http://bugs.centos.org/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=3281

One developer politely closed the bug (with no fix), because it's not an official kernel :-(  Unless our hardware suppliers give us other MBs than those damned Asus with semi-supported chipsets, I'm locked in.

Could you PLEASE suggest the correct solution here ?


Best regards,
Răzvan

Comment 45 Ivan Vecera 2008-12-03 15:25:51 UTC

Răzvan, please what troubles do you have with r8169? Unsupported chip or MAC address problem?

Comment 46 Răzvan Sandu 2008-12-03 15:42:26 UTC

Hello,

Ivan, thanks for your solutions & interest in this !

As I said in comment #41 and comment #42, I thought it may be interesting for you that I've hit this bug on Fedora 10 (stable version). Please see all details above.

With the r8169 card, NetworkManager was acting *very* strange and unstable - for example, I was unable to set up the IP address, mask & gateway *manually* . All my cards are those integrated on Asus mainboards, so I suspect this would be relevant for a large number of people.

On the other hand, on a totally different system running CentOS 5.2, I've reported an X bug and was unable to get it fixed because it was not the "official" kernel. Please see:

http://bugs.centos.org/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=3281
http://bugs.centos.org/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=3282


Many thanks,
Razvan

Comment 47 Peter Lemenkov 2008-12-09 14:38:55 UTC

Looks like I was too optimistic. Since my last comment ( 2008-11-27 ) I observed two lock-ups on my system (I did rmmod r8169 && modprobe r8169 and it worked again).

2 hand-ups in ~2 weeks is not so many, however they still exists.

Comment 48 Ivan Vecera 2008-12-09 15:36:42 UTC

What does the lock-up mean?

Comment 49 Peter Lemenkov 2008-12-09 15:51:52 UTC

(In reply to comment #48)
> What does the lock-up mean?

That means that host, with RTL8111/8168B installed, stops sending/receiving any kind of network traffic (ICPM, tcp, udp) until I did "rmmod r8169 && modprobe r8169" from the attached keyboard.

Comment 50 Ben Galliart 2008-12-23 22:49:49 UTC

Anyone know where I could download SRPMs of the ivecera kernels?  Thanks

Comment 52 errata-xmlrpc 2009-01-20 20:23:09 UTC

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