Bug 623622 - Ethernet hangs with Intel 82574L NIC & e1000e network driver v1.0.2-k2
Summary: Ethernet hangs with Intel 82574L NIC & e1000e network driver v1.0.2-k2
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 12
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-08-12 10:38 UTC by Devlin Null
Modified: 2010-12-03 12:51 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2010-12-03 12:51:16 UTC
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dmesg, ethtool, interrupts and lspci output (3.90 KB, application/zip)
2010-08-12 10:38 UTC, Devlin Null
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Description Devlin Null 2010-08-12 10:38:53 UTC
Created attachment 438395 [details]
dmesg, ethtool, interrupts and lspci output

Description of problem:

After a seemingly random period of use the ethernet interface stops responding.

NIC is an Intel Gigabit PRO/1000CT PCIe Desktop Adapter with 82574L Gigabit Ethernet Controller.

When the NIC hangs, ifconfig shows a large number of dropped packets and collisions:

eth0  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1B:21:61:B3:45
          inet addr:192.168.2.2  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:204561 errors:4294964350 dropped:4294966805 overruns:0 frame:4294965332
          TX packets:268180 errors:4294966314 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:4294966314
          collisions:4294966805 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:19882825 (18.9 MiB)  TX bytes:147126770 (140.3 MiB)
          Memory:fdcc0000-fdce0000 

Attempting to unload and reload the e1000e kernel module results in an error:

e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - 1.0.2-k2e1000e: Copyright (c) 1999-2008 Intel Corporation.
e1000e 0000:02:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
e1000e 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
e1000e 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
e1000e 0000:02:00.0: irq 27 for MSI/MSI-X
e1000e 0000:02:00.0: irq 28 for MSI/MSI-X
e1000e 0000:02:00.0: irq 29 for MSI/MSI-X
e1000e 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
e1000e: probe of 0000:02:00.0 failed with error -2

Only fix has been to reboot.

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

Fedora 2.6.32.16-150.fc12.i686
e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - 1.0.2-k2

How reproducible:

This occurs almost daily, seems to have been much worse since updating from 2.6.32.16-141.fc12.i686 to 2.6.32.16-150.fc12.i686.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install 82574L based NIC with e1000e 1.0.2-k2 drivers
2. Initiate network traffic
3. NIC will eventually hang
  
Actual results:

Ethtool EEPROM dump shows all 'ff' values.
e1000e kernel module cannot be reloaded.
System requires reboot.

See attached ZIP archive for crash logs.

Expected results:

dmesg output when the NIC is successfully detected:

e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - 1.0.2-k2
e1000e: Copyright (c) 1999-2008 Intel Corporation.
e1000e 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
e1000e 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
e1000e 0000:02:00.0: irq 27 for MSI/MSI-X
e1000e 0000:02:00.0: irq 28 for MSI/MSI-X
e1000e 0000:02:00.0: irq 29 for MSI/MSI-X
0000:02:00.0: eth0: (PCI Express:2.5GB/s:Width x1) 00:1b:21:61:b3:45
0000:02:00.0: eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
0000:02:00.0: eth0: MAC: 3, PHY: 8, PBA No: e46981-003

Additional info

dmesg, ethtool, interrupts and lspci output from when the issue occurs is attached.

Comment 1 Chuck Ebbert 2010-08-13 10:25:56 UTC
Try adding the kernel boot option "pcie_aspm=off".

Comment 2 Devlin Null 2010-08-14 21:22:18 UTC
Thanks Chuck, I have been running with that boot option for a couple of days. So far so good, but then I also upgraded the e1000e driver to the latest 1.2.10 version from SourceForge. Guess it could be been either the boot option or updated drivers that has helped here?

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