On Monday, July 26, 2010 7:47 AM, Ed Ravin wrote: > [removed CC to Intel people and linux-kernel mailing list] > > On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 11:39:20AM +0400, Andrey Panin wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I have a problem using IPMI on Super Micro X7SBL motherboard >> (AOC-IPMI20-E BMC). BMC shares ethernet port with onboard e1000e. It >> works when IPMI traffic is untagged (CrcStripping=0 module option >> used), but if I try to use 802.1Q vlan for IPMI traffic BMC stops >> responding right after "ifup eth0". >> I tested 2.6.26 (debian stable kernel) and 2.6.35-rc6. >> Looks like there is some problem with 802.1Q tags >> stripping/inserting. >> >> There was no such problem with e1000 driver from 2.6.18. > > I had something similar happen with a Supermicro X7SBA motherboard > with > IPMI. When we sent over a new kernel, we lost contact with the BMC > shortly after networking was started. I think it was somewhere in > 2.6.31, which sounds consistent with your experience. Rolling back to > the previous kernel fixed the problem. > > I opened a case with Supermicro's tech support, which didn't get very > far. One thing I learned was that Supermicro has an IPMI utility that > runs in Linux, which lets you fetch data from the BMC or upgrade its > firmware. > > We've seen other weird behavior with Supermicro's IPMI implementations > - they block ports 623 and 644, even if you don't have the BMC > controller installed in the slot, and my favorite bug, on motherboards > that have a dedicated Ethernet interface for IPMI, if that interface > is not plugged into a switch at bootup, the IPMI connection > silently moves over to one of the regular motherboard Ethernet ports, > and stays there, across reboots, until you hard power-off the > computer. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the > Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share > of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;226879339;13503038;l? > http://clk.atdmt.com/CRS/go/247765532/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > E1000-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel > To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit > http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
Andrey, Please provide the output from lspci -vvv. Thanks, Bruce. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;226879339;13503038;l? http://clk.atdmt.com/CRS/go/247765532/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
