[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2009-11-23 Thread bamyasi
Interesting enough, I started having this same ages-old problem after a recent upgrade to 2.6.28-16-server kernel. The system performed without a single issue for three months before that, including under very heavy load. It runs Ubuntu Server 9.04 on dual-CPU Supermicro motherboard with Quad-Core

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2009-10-08 Thread nentis
Amspilot, interesting that after so much idle time on this ticket, you and I should encounter this bug within a week's time. I too just experienced this bug while copying a large file (kvm disk image) via rsync; 2.6.28-13-server under Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty). This is more of a "me too" post. The NI

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2009-10-01 Thread amspilot
Problem still exists also on my system with kernel 2.6.28-15 with speeds up to and over 500 Mbit/s Single links and also with Dual bonded 802.1q uplinks -- Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/130075 You received this bug no

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2008-03-07 Thread Rachel Greenham
Hm, well, since the last post I had another install of Gutsy. (Don't ask - mostly to apply the lessons learned in my first ever setting-up of a RAID system, which I managed to learn without losing data!) Anyway, at the time I did that I'd forgotten all about this bug and so didn't set noapic... But

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2008-03-07 Thread ccc1
ok ... my problem seems to be a hardware issue, since there are many people having this problem under xp as well. see for example: http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?SLanguage=en- us&id=20071028232147828&board_id=1&model=M2N-VM%20DVI&page=1&count=44 -- Random pauses when transferring data at gi

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2008-03-07 Thread Leann Ogasawara
>From the last few sets of comments this bug appears to be resolved (or a hardware issue for ccc1). I'm going to close this report for now. Thanks. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released ** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.22 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2008-02-20 Thread ccc1
I can confirm this bug in gusty. I'm using an asus m2n-vm dvi mainboard. It suffice to pull some data from a fast ftpserver and my box locksup complety. These lockups DON'T occur using the gusty live-cd nor using a 7.04 live-cd. So it looks like the bug got introduced with some update. -- Ran

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2008-01-19 Thread Rachel Greenham
I'm getting this problem too, on Athlon64 Gutsy. I get the message: eth0: too many iterations (6) in nv_nic_irq. And the network hangs, when a little while after I attempt a large transfer operation across the network. The *different* thing is, I've had this machine for months, running Feisty, t

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-12-30 Thread Leann Ogasawara
** Tags removed: hardy-alpha2 -- Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/130075 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubunt

Re: [Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-12-28 Thread BullCreek
I haven't had time to verify the i386 Desktop build of alpha2, but I can confirm that the AMD64 server build of alpha2 no longer exhibits this problem. I copied 3TB of data over NFS at full speed with no problems. - "Leann Ogasawara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hardy Heron Alpha2 was recently

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-12-27 Thread Leann Ogasawara
Hardy Heron Alpha2 was recently released. It contains an updated version of the kernel. You can download and try the new Hardy Heron Alpha2 release from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/hardy/alpha-2/ . You should be able to then test the new kernel via the LiveCD. If you can, please verify if

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-12-19 Thread Leann Ogasawara
The Hardy Heron Alpha2 release will be coming out soon (around Dec 20). It will have an updated version of the kernel. It would be great if you could test with this new release if this issue still exists. I'll be sure to update this report when Alpha2 is available. Thanks! ** Also affects: linu

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-12-17 Thread David Burgess
The fact that Rodrigo fixed this by using the "noapic" boot option led me to do some more reading into APIC, and I am convinced that there is a reasonable chance that this problem is due to poor APIC support on my motherboard, which, if true, could also validate Miravlix' theory. Unfortunately I

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-12-17 Thread Brian Murray
** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.22 (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Kernel Team (ubuntu-kernel-team) ** Tags added: hardy-kernel-candidate ** Tags removed: needs-devrelease-testing -- Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver https://bugs.launchp

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-12-11 Thread Brian Murray
I am assigning this bug to the 'ubuntu-kernel-team' per their bug policy. For future reference you can learn more about their bug policy at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeamBugPolicies . ** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.20 (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Kernel Team (ubuntu-kernel-

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-12-10 Thread Rodrigo Azevedo
I have the same problem both with NFS or PVFS high usage. Disable SMP isn't possible! Actually I have 2 solution: 1) options forcedeth max_interrupt_work=200; 2) ro quiet splash noapic apic=off in grub's menu.lst. The second still show the message "too many iterations (6) in nv_nic_irq" but I rea

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-11-02 Thread Alexander Gruber
for me the error is not occuring any more when I load the module with options forcedeth max_interrupt_work=200 but it seems to be ignored during boot. So I have do the following in /etc/rc.local: rmmod forcedeth && modprobe forcedeth && /etc/init.d/networking restart now iperf runs at full gig

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-11-01 Thread nikosapi
I'm running Gutsy with all the latest updates (Ubuntu 2.6.22-14.46-generic) and I experience a similar problem. When I try to transfer large files (~1GB) from a samba share the PC will do one of two things, either completely lock up or the nic will still work, but with a huge amount of latency (

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-10-30 Thread DrCore
** Attachment added: "lspci -vvn" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10219101/lspci.log -- Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/130075 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bu

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-10-30 Thread DrCore
The same problem here running latest Gutsy (2.6.22-14-generic fully patched) standard config with fixed IP. While watching a HD x264 stream (continuous stream of 1 GB in 45 minutes), the network crashed without being able to recover (/etc/init.d/networking restart nor ifdown eth0; ifup eth0 didn't

Re: [Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-10-13 Thread David Burgess
I have to agree that this doesn't look like a hardware problem. If it were, then how would one explain different kernels behaving differently? Parenthetically, I have posted some throughput benchmarks for a handful of nics on the m0n0wall forum for any interested. And no, I have never seen the nfo

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-10-13 Thread BullCreek
More testing with these boards and latest Gutsy (2.6.22-14-generic x86) yields the following observations above and beyond those previously reported: 1. It still locks up under Gutsy latest (I can't tell any change between 2.6.22-12 and 2.6.22-14). Someone should probably report this as a proble

Re: [Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-09-30 Thread BullCreek
I've been testing with Gutsy latest on these boards, and some moderately good news is that with 2.6.22-12-generic, it seems to take much longer for the machine to lockup. Using Feisty's 2.6.20 kernel, and the aforementioned iperf test, it would hang almost instantly. With Gutsy, it takes 30-60 mi

Re: [Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-09-29 Thread David Burgess
I just returned one of these RMA. Now I'm wondering if my problems with it were actually due to this bug. I suspect not entirely though, as this card sometimes didn't work right off a fresh boot. http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/pro1000pt_desktop_adapter.htm On 9/29/07, BullCree

Re: [Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-09-29 Thread BullCreek
> And how can Nvidia market this as their stable "Business Platform"? > I'm feeling cheated. If Steen's post is correct, then my motherboard > clearly doesn't do what it claims to do. I'm ordering a couple of these to see if just disabling the nforce NICs on these boards will result in a stable sy

Re: [Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-09-29 Thread David Burgess
Do I understand correctly that this will be an issue with my motherboard as long as I am using more than one core of a multicore cpu? How in the world did my motherboard make it onto AMD's list of recommended motherboards for a dual-core AMD cpu? And how can Nvidia market this as their stable "Bu

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-09-27 Thread BullCreek
I try to boot with the nosmp option to test this and 2.6.20-16-generic just hangs shortly into the boot (no output on any of the virtual screens). Any ideas on how to work around? I don't really see nosmp as a viable solution, but am willing to at least validate it as an option for some. If this

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-09-26 Thread Steen \"Miravlix\" Poulsen
Your actually fighting two issues here. The "to many iterations" part is harmless and can be ignored, it has nothing to do with why the system crashes. Your system is crashing because an IRQ gets disabled, when an IRQ get disabled, that means anything using it stops talking with the kernel, if th

Re: [Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-09-25 Thread David Burgess
iperf -c machine1 -d doesn't lock mine up, but adding "-p 2" (any number of multiple threads) will do it every time, although not necessarily right away. And yes, this makes the forcedeth driver virtually useless on a gigabit network. My findings were the same, only a reboot will bring the interfa

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-09-25 Thread BullCreek
I've played around with it a bit more, and even with the options max_interrupt_work=20 set in /etc/modprobe.d/forcedeth, it still happens. Only additional thing to report, is I happened upon an easy way to reproduce the hangup every time: 1. Login to machine1 which has a gigabit ethernet card in

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-09-24 Thread Brian Murray
** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.22 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium Assignee: Brian Murray (brian-murray) => (unassigned) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/130075 Y

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-09-24 Thread BullCreek
An hour or so into the transfer, using the gutsy forcedeth.ko - the machine locked up and eth0 stopped responding just like it was doing with the default feisty version of the module. This is a fairly serious bug - so I hope someone can escalate it so it gets looked at and minimally fixed for gut

Re: [Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-09-24 Thread BullCreek
FWIW, I downloaded the gutsy GIT kernel, built it, and replaced the forcedeth.ko on my feisty systems with the newer one. I still get a few of the: eth0: too many iterations (6) in nv_nic_irq messages but it doesn't appear to hang anymore under heavy load. I'll be stress testing it today by cop

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-09-23 Thread BullCreek
I just ran into this bug and it almost cost me data with feisty latest! For some reason when the forcedeth ethernet adapter locked up, it also locked up two out of six of my sata ports (I'm presuming because of some PCI bus issue). Luckily it was raid6, so the array is still functional, but it cou

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-08-09 Thread Brian Murray
** Tags added: needs-devrelease-testing -- Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/130075 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-08-09 Thread David Burgess
I'm getting this message in Edubuntu Feisty AMD64 while doing tests with iperf on a gigabit link. Both iperf client and server are using the forcedeth driver on identical nic/motherboards. While the failing driver is running in the OS mentioned above, I've had no trouble on the second machine runni

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-08-08 Thread Brian Murray
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue that you reported is one that should be reproducable with the live environment of the Desktop CD of the development release - Gutsy Gibbon. It would help us greatly if you could test with it so we can

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-08-06 Thread pl4nkton
** Also affects: linux-source-2.6.22 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/130075 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-08-02 Thread Christian Iversen
Additionally, this bug may be related to #107215. -- Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/130075 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bug

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-08-02 Thread Christian Iversen
Please disregard the comment "more or less randomly". It should be "more or less randomly when the NIC is heavily utilized". -- Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/130075 You received this bug notification because you are a