Hi Jesse, Brandeburg, Jesse wrote: > Carsten Aulbert wrote: >> And another hi from me >> >> I think I've found the problem. >> >> We are using netconsole for remote logging and this one is loaded via >> /etc/modules (obviously *before* DHCP is running. netconsole tries to >> force its way through and in 2.6.25.9 that does not seem to be an >> issue, however with the 2.6.27.10 kernel there seems to be a problem >> when changing the MTU or slightly after. >> >> When I boot without the netconsole and enable it manually later then >> it seems to work fine. >> >> Question: Is this a problem of netconsole, e1000e or my stupidity? > > so netconsole is trying to force the network up? >
[...] Yes, kind of, here's a log from a failed attempt: Jan 14 14:00:26 n1512 kernel: [ 7.141737] netconsole: local port 4444 Jan 14 14:00:26 n1512 kernel: [ 7.141918] netconsole: local IP 10.10.15.12 Jan 14 14:00:26 n1512 kernel: [ 7.142097] netconsole: interface eth1 Jan 14 14:00:26 n1512 kernel: [ 7.142274] netconsole: remote port 514 Jan 14 14:00:26 n1512 kernel: [ 7.142452] netconsole: remote IP 10.20.40.3 Jan 14 14:00:26 n1512 kernel: [ 7.142633] netconsole: remote ethernet address 00:30:48:91:43:a7 Jan 14 14:00:26 n1512 kernel: [ 7.142818] netconsole: device eth1 not up yet, forcing it Jan 14 14:00:26 n1512 kernel: [ 8.990439] e1000: eth1: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX Jan 14 14:00:26 n1512 kernel: [ 9.050104] console [netcon0] enabled Jan 14 14:00:26 n1512 kernel: [ 9.060035] netconsole: network logging started Jan 14 14:00:26 n1512 kernel: [ 8.569856] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds Jan 14 14:00:26 n1512 kernel: [ 9.243804] EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal Jan 14 14:00:26 n1512 kernel: [ 9.243808] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Jan 14 14:00:26 n1512 kernel: [ 9.314125] XFS mounting filesystem sda6 Jan 14 14:00:26 n1512 kernel: [ 9.425735] Ending clean XFS mount for filesystem: sda6 Jan 14 14:00:26 n1512 kernel: [ 9.439106] XFS mounting filesystem sda5 Jan 14 14:00:26 n1512 kernel: [ 9.477008] Starting XFS recovery on filesystem: sda5 (logdev: internal) Jan 14 14:00:26 n1512 kernel: [ 9.532819] Ending XFS recovery on filesystem: sda5 (logdev: internal) Jan 14 14:00:26 n1512 kernel: [ 9.871210] e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX Jan 14 14:00:26 n1512 kernel: [ 9.872232] e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO Jan 14 14:00:28 n1512 kernel: [ 33.770440] e1000: eth1: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX [...] > you're welcome to try the attached patch (against 2.6.29-rc1 but should > apply) > but it is more a shot in the dark than an actual fix for your issue. Well, let's see. I will try it remotely now, if it fails and IPMI stops as well, I'll be lost. > > I'll see if we can reproduce your issue. Would be nice, if not, we can try to arrange access to a system. Cheers Carsten ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel
