Hi,
         I am an engineer of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd,my name is Zhaobing.
My server’nic is Intel 82580,and the os is suse11sp1.When I do the nic self 
test use command “ethtool �Ct ethx”,the loopback test is fail,and the error 
code is 13,as follows.

linux-ming:~ # ethtool -t eth0
The test result is FAIL
The test extra info:
Register test  (offline)         0
Eeprom test    (offline)         0
Interrupt test (offline)         0
Loopback test  (offline)         13
Link test   (on/offline)         0

My server’s info is as follows.

linux-ming:~ # cat /etc/issue

Welcome to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1  (x86_64) - Kernel \r (\l).
linux-ming:~ # uname -a
Linux linux-ming 2.6.32.45-0.3-default #1 SMP 2011-08-22 10:12:58 +0200 x86_64 
x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

linux-ming:~ # ethtool -i eth0
driver: igb
version: 2.1.0-k2
firmware-version: 3.2-9
bus-info: 0000:02:00.0

linux-ming:~ # modinfo igb
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.32.45-0.3-default/kernel/drivers/net/igb/igb.ko
version:        2.1.0-k2
license:        GPL
description:    Intel(R) Gigabit Ethernet Network Driver
author:         Intel Corporation, <[email protected]>
srcversion:     9C2F91127B64F7027621F71
alias:          pci:v00008086d000010D6sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00008086d000010A9sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00008086d000010A7sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00008086d000010E8sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00008086d00001526sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00008086d0000150Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00008086d000010E7sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00008086d000010E6sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00008086d00001518sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00008086d0000150Asv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00008086d000010C9sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00008086d00001516sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00008086d00001511sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00008086d00001510sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00008086d0000150Fsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00008086d0000150Esv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00008086d00001524sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00008086d00001523sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00008086d00001522sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00008086d00001521sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends:        dca
supported:      yes
vermagic:       2.6.32.45-0.3-default SMP mod_unload modversions
parm:           entropy:Allow igb to populate the /dev/random entropy pool (int)
parm:           max_vfs:Maximum number of virtual functions to allocate per 
physical function (uint)
linux-ming:~ #

My workmate use Intel 82576 do the same test,and the loopback test is pass.Can 
you help me explain why?

Thanks
Zhaobing


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