Re: [E1000-devel] Dell R720 SR-IOV failure with igb

2012-07-02 Thread James Bulpin
Hi Dax, (Just catching up on list traffic after vacation.) I had a similar experience the first time I used a Dell OEM 82599 on a R710. Problem was that I hadn't enabled SR-IOV in the system (BIOS) settings. The option was at the bottom of one of the menus and was only a recent addition at the

Re: [E1000-devel] igb hard-coded mac_table[0] in igb_probe

2012-02-29 Thread James Bulpin
e the test infrastructure to properly regression test it. Thanks, James > -Original Message- > From: Rose, Gregory V [mailto:gregory.v.r...@intel.com] > Sent: 29 February 2012 16:19 > To: James Bulpin; e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: igb hard-coded

[E1000-devel] igb hard-coded mac_table[0] in igb_probe

2012-02-29 Thread James Bulpin
We've noticed that the igb_probe() function hard-codes mac_table index 0 when setting the PF MAC entry. Unfortunately this happens after igb_set_sriov_capability() has run and used mac_table[0] for the VF0 initial MAC and therefore the PF MAC silently obliterates the VF0 config. In practice thi

Re: [E1000-devel] igb/i350 VF/PF mailbox locking race leading to VF link staying down

2011-11-03 Thread James Bulpin
Hi Greg, That looks a lot more elegant than mine :) . I've tested on my rig and it works fine (applied to igbvf 1.1.5). Thanks, James -Original Message- From: Rose, Gregory V [mailto:gregory.v.r...@intel.com] Sent: 03 November 2011 17:21 To: Rose, Gregory V; James Bulpin; e1000-

[E1000-devel] igb/i350 VF/PF mailbox locking race leading to VF link staying down

2011-11-02 Thread James Bulpin
nk failure on the i350 but not on the other NICs (I don't see this with the older 82576 in the same system with the same drivers). I can only assume it's just very bad luck with timing in this particular system and configuration. Regards, James Bulpin Read (and ignore) replies to VF to