David, We've found that if we use RHEL 5.5 as the guest then the bug still occurs but if we upgrade the guest OS to RHEL 5.6 then it does not occur. So it does not appear to be a driver bug. It looks like some issue with RHEL 5.5 and OEL 5.5.
We suggest upgrading to 5.6. Thanks, - Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: Rose, Gregory V > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 4:32 PM > To: Rose, Gregory V; Kirsher, Jeffrey T; david.ye...@oracle.com > Cc: e1000-devel; Allan, Bruce W; Brandeburg, Jesse; Steve Sarvate > Subject: RE: Question about ixgbevf driver > > David, > > We've confirmed the bug and are looking into it. We'll keep you updated > on what we find. > > Thanks, > > - Greg > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rose, Gregory V [mailto:gregory.v.r...@intel.com] > > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 8:06 AM > > To: Kirsher, Jeffrey T; david.ye...@oracle.com > > Cc: e1000-devel; Allan, Bruce W; Brandeburg, Jesse; Steve Sarvate > > Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] Question about ixgbevf driver > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Kirsher, Jeffrey T > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 7:58 PM > > > To: david.ye...@oracle.com; Rose, Gregory V > > > Cc: Brandeburg, Jesse; Allan, Bruce W; Steve Sarvate; e1000-devel > > > Subject: Re: Question about ixgbevf driver > > > > > > Adding e1000-devel mailing list as well as Greg Rose (ixgbevf > > > maintainer)... > > > > I've never noticed this before but then I can't say as how I was looking > > for it either. Let me check it out and I'll get back to you. > > > > - Greg > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2012-01-04 at 17:26 -0800, David Yeung wrote: > > > > Hi Bruce/Jeffrey/Jesse/, > > > > > > > > How do you do? > > > > We are using the ixgbevf driver ( version: 2.4.0-NAPI ) to test > the > > > > VLAN interfaces of Twinville NICs inside the OEL 5 virtual machine, > it > > > > looks like the bi-directional network traffic ran properly on the > VLAN > > > > interfaces of Twinville NICs inside the OEL 5 virtual machine for > > > > hours, but the ifconfig command reports strange amount ( it is 0 all > > > > the time ) of RX packets and RX bytes of VLAN interfaces of > > Twinville: > > > > > > > > [root@Twinville_VM_156 ~]# ifconfig > > > > ......................................... > > > > eth6.10 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr F2:54:11:05:72:7C > > > > inet addr:192.6.10.156 Bcast:192.6.10.255 > > > Mask:255.255.255.0 > > > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:9210 Metric:1 > > > > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > > > TX packets:111332155 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 > > carrier:0 > > > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > > > > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:2565278846027 (2.3 TiB) > > > > > > > > eth6.11 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr F2:54:11:05:72:7C > > > > inet addr:192.6.11.156 Bcast:192.6.11.255 > > > Mask:255.255.255.0 > > > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:9210 Metric:1 > > > > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > > > TX packets:111289098 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 > > carrier:0 > > > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > > > > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:2562582125939 (2.3 TiB) > > > > > > > > eth6.12 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr F2:54:11:05:72:7C > > > > inet addr:192.6.12.156 Bcast:192.6.12.255 > > > Mask:255.255.255.0 > > > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:9210 Metric:1 > > > > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > > > TX packets:111287930 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 > > carrier:0 > > > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > > > > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:2564949229588 (2.3 TiB) > > > > > > > > eth6.13 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr F2:54:11:05:72:7C > > > > inet addr:192.6.93.156 Bcast:192.6.93.255 > > > Mask:255.255.255.0 > > > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:9210 Metric:1 > > > > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > > > TX packets:111070858 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 > > carrier:0 > > > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > > > > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:2566358628283 (2.3 TiB) > > > > > > > > eth6.14 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr F2:54:11:05:72:7C > > > > inet addr:192.6.14.156 Bcast:192.6.14.255 > > > Mask:255.255.255.0 > > > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:9210 Metric:1 > > > > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > > > TX packets:111362848 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 > > carrier:0 > > > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > > > > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:2566349976603 (2.3 TiB) > > > > ......................................... > > > > > > > > [root@Twinville_VM_156 ~]# ethtool -i eth6 > > > > driver: ixgbevf > > > > version: 2.4.0-NAPI > > > > firmware-version: N/A > > > > bus-info: 0000:00:09.0 > > > > [root@Powerville_VM_156 ~]# > > > > > > > > [root@Twinville_VM_156 ~]# cat /etc/*release > > > > Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5 (Carthage) Red > > > > Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5 (Tikanga) > > > > [root@Twinville_VM_156 ~]# > > > > > > > > Do you have any idea about this problem? Any workaround/fix for this > > > > problem? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- > > ---- > > Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a > complex > > infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access > to > > virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual > > desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI > infrastructure > > costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox > > _______________________________________________ > > E1000-devel mailing list > > E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel > > To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit > > http://communities.intel.com/community/wired ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ridiculously easy VDI. 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