Re: Broadcom TG3 network drops, cannot recover without reboot

2015-10-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 14 October 2015 12:04:27 Toan Pham wrote: > Justin, > > Have you found a solution to the NIC issue yet? > > FYI, I was working with Broadcom's test team but they pretty much > dropped the ball on me So it is all up to us to find a solution! > Please share if you know how to get

Re: Broadcom TG3 network drops, cannot recover without reboot

2015-10-14 Thread Toan Pham
Justin, Have you found a solution to the NIC issue yet? FYI, I was working with Broadcom's test team but they pretty much dropped the ball on me So it is all up to us to find a solution! Please share if you know how to get the NIC not to drop out intermitently. thank you, TP On Thu, May

Re: Broadcom TG3 network drops, cannot recover without reboot

2015-05-28 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Wed, May 27, 2015, at 13:06, Toan Pham wrote: > > Alternatively, try to get yourself an Intel NIC that works with the igb > > driver (don't get an Intel NIC that needs the e1000e driver) to replace > > the hardlock-prone bcm5720 + tg3 combination. > > I ended up with an intel NIC instead, but w

Re: Broadcom TG3 network drops, cannot recover without reboot

2015-05-28 Thread Justin Catterall
> On 27 May 2015, at 17:06, Toan Pham wrote: > > Justin, > > > I've observed a similar symptom on the bcm5762 chip, not the 5720, and > not sure if the bugs they are related. I've filed a bug report > (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1447664), and > actively working with

Re: Broadcom TG3 network drops, cannot recover without reboot

2015-05-27 Thread Toan Pham
Justin, I've observed a similar symptom on the bcm5762 chip, not the 5720, and not sure if the bugs they are related. I've filed a bug report (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1447664), and actively working with Broadcom's engineering team to get this bug resolved. They are

Re: Broadcom TG3 network drops, cannot recover without reboot

2015-05-27 Thread Justin Catterall
[Sorry, Henrique, for replying directly to you] > On 26 May 2015, at 15:39, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > On Tue, May 26, 2015, at 09:24, Justin Catterall wrote: >> At irregular times, and apparently for no reason at all, networking >> drops and cannot be restarted without reboot on a fr

Re: Broadcom TG3 network drops, cannot recover without reboot

2015-05-26 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, May 26, 2015, at 09:24, Justin Catterall wrote: > At irregular times, and apparently for no reason at all, networking > drops and cannot be restarted without reboot on a fresh install of > Jessie. The NIC is a Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5720. > > ifconfig thinks networking is still up because I

Broadcom TG3 network drops, cannot recover without reboot

2015-05-26 Thread Justin Catterall
At irregular times, and apparently for no reason at all, networking drops and cannot be restarted without reboot on a fresh install of Jessie. The NIC is a Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5720. ifconfig thinks networking is still up because I can: ifconfig eth0 down I find this when I try 'ifconfi