On Fri, 14 Apr 2006, David S. Miller wrote:
> From: Jesse Brandeburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:28:10 -0700 > > > We also have some new data from the last couple of days. First, I think > > that this problem is likely not just E1000's fault. We have multiple > > reports both in bugzilla.kernel.org and from a distro that show this > > problem has occurred on (at least) tg3 driven adapters as well as e1000. > > That's interesting since tg3 does not enable TSO by default for any > chip until very recent versions of the tg3 driver. And even with > those recent tg3 drivers which will enable TSO by default, it is only > done for a very specific selection of chip revisions. > > Where are these reports that precisely implicate tg3? well there was one of them here, but the tg3 bit may actually be due to the 2.6.14 problems. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6279 the other one is buried at a distro's bugzilla, so I can't post it. > Note that there were legitimate TSO retransmit bugs in the 2.6.14 > timeframe that triggered those messages and did get fixed. And yes > some of those reports were with tg3. I've removed the call to pskb_expand_head in e1000 (yes i know its not quite right, but it shouldn't be fatal either) and the bug still occurs. so its something else. I'm not giving up on this, I just want to post the state of the investigation. Jesse - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
