[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2009-07-06 Thread kernel-janitor
Hi tommie-lie, Please be sure to confirm this issue exists with the latest development release of Ubuntu. ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ . Please then run following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2009-03-23 Thread Bernhard Gehl
On 9.04 Alpha6 this problem seems to be back (10-20 % load from ksoftirqd/x with et131x loaded). Is this a regression or did I just fail to notice something? -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because you are a membe

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2009-04-11 Thread Bernhard Gehl
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubu

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2009-04-11 Thread Bernhard Gehl
This is definitely some strage regression: compiling and installing the module from the "et131x-source" package solves it. Please update the code for building the kernel images to that from the source package... -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2009-08-19 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/hardy/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-11-18 Thread Zeus
Thanks Psyke777. Quick question where exactly does one make these changes. Sorry I'm not quite an ubuntu newbie but kernal settings is something pretty new to me... Thanks -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification becaus

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-10-20 Thread Soni
I can confirm this bug - I have also a LG T1 and after upgrading to Gutsy the process ksoftirqd coused permamantly 15-30% cpu load. After removing the module et131x there is no more cpu load of ksoftirqd. -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You receive

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-10-24 Thread Siva
Folks, I had the same issue with my laptop after I installed the restricted drivers on my Gutsy "Firmware fro Broadcom 43xx chipset family" in an attempt to set up my wireless network. I did try to follow all the instructions from the forum using ndiswrapper with 64bit Windows Vista driver but st

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-10-08 Thread Thomas Liebetraut
** Attachment added: "output of lspci -vvn" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9868485/lspci -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-10-08 Thread Thomas Liebetraut
** Attachment added: "list of other loaded modules in case they interfere with et131x" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9868554/lsmod -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whic

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-10-25 Thread Chan
I had the same problem with my LG P1 laptop after upgrading to Gutsy. Reverting the kernel 2.6.22 to 2.6.20-16 of Feisty works well and there is no problem any more. Unloading the et131x module on 2.6.22 works fine as well but it's very annoying for me. -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-10-25 Thread joyrider
I'm having a similar problem with Ksoftirqd but with other modules perhaps it's related to this problem/bug. The modules in question are CX88_ALSA and CX8800 although i believe it's the later one. I have a constant 20-30% cpu usage from ksoftirqd/0 process only when unloading the CX88_ALSA and CX88

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-11-13 Thread rrowv
Probably a duplicate of Bug #153195. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux- source-2.6.22/+bug/153195/ -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact f

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-11-21 Thread Bernhard Gehl
I am not quite sure if this bug is a duplicate - it seems to me that something is wrong with this specific driver or its interaction with the (tickless?) kernel: My setup is similar to the one, the bug was originally reported for: LG S1 Pro Express Dual - with an Agere et131x wired network card. A

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-15 Thread Leann Ogasawara
Per the kernel team's bug policy, can you please attach the following information for the most recent Hardy Alpha kernel (2.6.24-8 as of this post). Please be sure to attach each file as a separate attachment. * uname -a > uname-a.log * cat /proc/version_signature > version.log * dmesg > dmesg.lo

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-15 Thread Ilya Krets
Probably it can be fixed by changing add_timer( &pAdapter->ErrorTimer ); to mod_timer( &pAdapter->ErrorTimer, jiffies+ 5*HZ ); in error_timer_handler function in file et131x_initpci.c ( learned from http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1876109&forum_id=621136 ). Worked for me

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-11 Thread LeDechaine
Sorry, forgot to mention: Kernel 2.6.22-14-generic -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubun

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-11 Thread LeDechaine
I just experienced the exact same bug that joyrider had (see higher or click the link). https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24/+bug/150515/comments/6 My ksoftirqd/0 was using ~20% of my CPU. Found this page via google, unloaded the cx88 modules (that i'm using for m

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-12 Thread MatB
Same problem here, the issue is triggered by a high CPU load. ksoftirqd eats around 27% of CPU time. Running hardy kernel linux-image-2.6.24-5-server. powertop shows "et131x_open (et131x_error_timer_handler)" on top of the list. Turning down the network interface brings the load back to normal; I

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-11-30 Thread Henrik Nilsen Omma
This will be retargeted towards the Hardy kernel once it is released. I've tagged this as "hardy-kernel-candidate" so that we make sure to retarget this report once the new release is out. However against the linux-source-2.6.22 package this is being marked as "Won't Fix" as it does not meet the cr

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-01-20 Thread mil
The problem seems to be indeed that the et131x driver doesn't work well with a tickless kernel. I boot with "nohz=off" now and ksoftirqd's CPU consumption is back to normal. To turn off the the messages to the kernel log about the unhandled IOCTL I load the module with the option "et131x_debug_flag

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-01-03 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 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-01-05 Thread Thomas Liebetraut
I just checked the Hardy Heron live CD with kernel 2.6.24-2 and the problem with the et131x module and ksoftirqd still exists. Also, there still is no news from upstream. -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because yo

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-03-05 Thread foxctrl
I got the same problems with softirqd using about 25% of my CPU load, and it was only when the et131x module was loaded. So I downloaded the et131x...tar.gz from Richard (above) compiled and installed it. But "make modules_install" copyied new et131x.ko to the wrong dir /modules/version/extra/et13

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-25 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 - 2.6.24-10.14 --- linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 (2.6.24-10.14) hardy; urgency=low [Jay Chetty] * poulsbo: update to beta 6 version of the driver * poulsbo: update to beta 6 version of the driver [Stefan Bader] *

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-29 Thread Richard Albright
I patched a few files and put up a new release of the driver on sourceforge. I replaced add_timer with mod_timer and the cpu no longer seems to be getting eaten up. I commented out the logging of unhandled IOCTL messages as it was polluting message buffer. ** Attachment added: "et131x-1.2.3-2.ta

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-29 Thread Ilya Krets
that's good, thanks :) -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/ma

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-03-07 Thread Tim Gardner
Implemented the mod_timer() patch. ** Changed in: linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium Assignee: (unassigned) => Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) Status: Incomplete => Fix Committed Target: None => hardy-alpha-6 -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cp

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-08-10 Thread W Unruh
The problem I think was that the adapter->ErrorTimer.expires variable ( which says when the timer is supposed to expire) was set only once. Thus after the first return, the expires time was in the past, and the timer returns immediately which resets the timer which returns immediately, etc. This sh

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-11-11 Thread psyke777
On my LG X100 using Intrepid, ksoftirqd uses about 10-15% CPU when et131x is loaded. Doing the change mentioned here: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2045610&group_id=179406&atid=889023 where pAdapter->ErrorTimer.expires=jiffies+HZ; is added before: add_timer( &pAdapter-

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-08-10 Thread W Unruh
The problem I think was that the adapter->ErrorTimer.expires variable ( which says when the timer is supposed to expire) was set only once. Thus after the first return, the expires time was in the past, and the timer returns immediately which resets the timer which returns immediately, etc. This sh

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-11-21 Thread Bernhard Gehl
I am not quite sure if this bug is a duplicate - it seems to me that something is wrong with this specific driver or its interaction with the (tickless?) kernel: My setup is similar to the one, the bug was originally reported for: LG S1 Pro Express Dual - with an Agere et131x wired network card. A

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-10-20 Thread Soni
I can confirm this bug - I have also a LG T1 and after upgrading to Gutsy the process ksoftirqd coused permamantly 15-30% cpu load. After removing the module et131x there is no more cpu load of ksoftirqd. -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You receive

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-11-30 Thread Henrik Nilsen Omma
This will be retargeted towards the Hardy kernel once it is released. I've tagged this as "hardy-kernel-candidate" so that we make sure to retarget this report once the new release is out. However against the linux-source-2.6.22 package this is being marked as "Won't Fix" as it does not meet the cr

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-10-24 Thread Siva
Folks, I had the same issue with my laptop after I installed the restricted drivers on my Gutsy "Firmware fro Broadcom 43xx chipset family" in an attempt to set up my wireless network. I did try to follow all the instructions from the forum using ndiswrapper with 64bit Windows Vista driver but st

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-10-25 Thread Chan
I had the same problem with my LG P1 laptop after upgrading to Gutsy. Reverting the kernel 2.6.22 to 2.6.20-16 of Feisty works well and there is no problem any more. Unloading the et131x module on 2.6.22 works fine as well but it's very annoying for me. -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-10-25 Thread joyrider
I'm having a similar problem with Ksoftirqd but with other modules perhaps it's related to this problem/bug. The modules in question are CX88_ALSA and CX8800 although i believe it's the later one. I have a constant 20-30% cpu usage from ksoftirqd/0 process only when unloading the CX88_ALSA and CX88

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-11-13 Thread rrowv
Probably a duplicate of Bug #153195. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux- source-2.6.22/+bug/153195/ -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact f

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-01-03 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 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-01-05 Thread Thomas Liebetraut
I just checked the Hardy Heron live CD with kernel 2.6.24-2 and the problem with the et131x module and ksoftirqd still exists. Also, there still is no news from upstream. -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because yo

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-11-11 Thread psyke777
On my LG X100 using Intrepid, ksoftirqd uses about 10-15% CPU when et131x is loaded. Doing the change mentioned here: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2045610&group_id=179406&atid=889023 where pAdapter->ErrorTimer.expires=jiffies+HZ; is added before: add_timer( &pAdapter-

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-11-18 Thread Zeus
Thanks Psyke777. Quick question where exactly does one make these changes. Sorry I'm not quite an ubuntu newbie but kernal settings is something pretty new to me... Thanks -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification becaus

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2009-07-06 Thread kernel-janitor
Hi tommie-lie, Please be sure to confirm this issue exists with the latest development release of Ubuntu. ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ . Please then run following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2009-03-23 Thread Bernhard Gehl
On 9.04 Alpha6 this problem seems to be back (10-20 % load from ksoftirqd/x with et131x loaded). Is this a regression or did I just fail to notice something? -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because you are a membe

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-29 Thread Richard Albright
I patched a few files and put up a new release of the driver on sourceforge. I replaced add_timer with mod_timer and the cpu no longer seems to be getting eaten up. I commented out the logging of unhandled IOCTL messages as it was polluting message buffer. ** Attachment added: "et131x-1.2.3-2.ta

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-29 Thread Ilya Krets
that's good, thanks :) -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/ma

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-03-05 Thread foxctrl
I got the same problems with softirqd using about 25% of my CPU load, and it was only when the et131x module was loaded. So I downloaded the et131x...tar.gz from Richard (above) compiled and installed it. But "make modules_install" copyied new et131x.ko to the wrong dir /modules/version/extra/et13

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-10-08 Thread Thomas Liebetraut
** Attachment added: "output of lspci -vvn" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9868485/lspci -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-10-08 Thread Thomas Liebetraut
** Attachment added: "list of other loaded modules in case they interfere with et131x" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9868554/lsmod -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whic

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-25 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 - 2.6.24-10.14 --- linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 (2.6.24-10.14) hardy; urgency=low [Jay Chetty] * poulsbo: update to beta 6 version of the driver * poulsbo: update to beta 6 version of the driver [Stefan Bader] *

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-11 Thread LeDechaine
Sorry, forgot to mention: Kernel 2.6.22-14-generic -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubun

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-11 Thread LeDechaine
I just experienced the exact same bug that joyrider had (see higher or click the link). https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24/+bug/150515/comments/6 My ksoftirqd/0 was using ~20% of my CPU. Found this page via google, unloaded the cx88 modules (that i'm using for m

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-12 Thread MatB
Same problem here, the issue is triggered by a high CPU load. ksoftirqd eats around 27% of CPU time. Running hardy kernel linux-image-2.6.24-5-server. powertop shows "et131x_open (et131x_error_timer_handler)" on top of the list. Turning down the network interface brings the load back to normal; I

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-15 Thread Leann Ogasawara
Per the kernel team's bug policy, can you please attach the following information for the most recent Hardy Alpha kernel (2.6.24-8 as of this post). Please be sure to attach each file as a separate attachment. * uname -a > uname-a.log * cat /proc/version_signature > version.log * dmesg > dmesg.lo

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-15 Thread Ilya Krets
Probably it can be fixed by changing add_timer( &pAdapter->ErrorTimer ); to mod_timer( &pAdapter->ErrorTimer, jiffies+ 5*HZ ); in error_timer_handler function in file et131x_initpci.c ( learned from http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1876109&forum_id=621136 ). Worked for me

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-01-20 Thread mil
The problem seems to be indeed that the et131x driver doesn't work well with a tickless kernel. I boot with "nohz=off" now and ksoftirqd's CPU consumption is back to normal. To turn off the the messages to the kernel log about the unhandled IOCTL I load the module with the option "et131x_debug_flag

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-03-07 Thread Tim Gardner
Implemented the mod_timer() patch. ** Changed in: linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium Assignee: (unassigned) => Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) Status: Incomplete => Fix Committed Target: None => hardy-alpha-6 -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cp

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2009-03-23 Thread Bernhard Gehl
On 9.04 Alpha6 this problem seems to be back (10-20 % load from ksoftirqd/x with et131x loaded). Is this a regression or did I just fail to notice something? -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because you are a membe

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2009-04-11 Thread Bernhard Gehl
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubu

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2009-04-11 Thread Bernhard Gehl
This is definitely some strage regression: compiling and installing the module from the "et131x-source" package solves it. Please update the code for building the kernel images to that from the source package... -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2009-07-06 Thread kernel-janitor
Hi tommie-lie, Please be sure to confirm this issue exists with the latest development release of Ubuntu. ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ . Please then run following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2009-08-19 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/hardy/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-08-10 Thread W Unruh
The problem I think was that the adapter->ErrorTimer.expires variable ( which says when the timer is supposed to expire) was set only once. Thus after the first return, the expires time was in the past, and the timer returns immediately which resets the timer which returns immediately, etc. This sh

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-15 Thread Leann Ogasawara
Per the kernel team's bug policy, can you please attach the following information for the most recent Hardy Alpha kernel (2.6.24-8 as of this post). Please be sure to attach each file as a separate attachment. * uname -a > uname-a.log * cat /proc/version_signature > version.log * dmesg > dmesg.lo

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-15 Thread Ilya Krets
Probably it can be fixed by changing add_timer( &pAdapter->ErrorTimer ); to mod_timer( &pAdapter->ErrorTimer, jiffies+ 5*HZ ); in error_timer_handler function in file et131x_initpci.c ( learned from http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1876109&forum_id=621136 ). Worked for me

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-25 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 - 2.6.24-10.14 --- linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 (2.6.24-10.14) hardy; urgency=low [Jay Chetty] * poulsbo: update to beta 6 version of the driver * poulsbo: update to beta 6 version of the driver [Stefan Bader] *

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-29 Thread Richard Albright
I patched a few files and put up a new release of the driver on sourceforge. I replaced add_timer with mod_timer and the cpu no longer seems to be getting eaten up. I commented out the logging of unhandled IOCTL messages as it was polluting message buffer. ** Attachment added: "et131x-1.2.3-2.ta

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-29 Thread Ilya Krets
that's good, thanks :) -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/ma

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-03-05 Thread foxctrl
I got the same problems with softirqd using about 25% of my CPU load, and it was only when the et131x module was loaded. So I downloaded the et131x...tar.gz from Richard (above) compiled and installed it. But "make modules_install" copyied new et131x.ko to the wrong dir /modules/version/extra/et13

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-11 Thread LeDechaine
Sorry, forgot to mention: Kernel 2.6.22-14-generic -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubun

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-11 Thread LeDechaine
I just experienced the exact same bug that joyrider had (see higher or click the link). https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24/+bug/150515/comments/6 My ksoftirqd/0 was using ~20% of my CPU. Found this page via google, unloaded the cx88 modules (that i'm using for m

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-12 Thread MatB
Same problem here, the issue is triggered by a high CPU load. ksoftirqd eats around 27% of CPU time. Running hardy kernel linux-image-2.6.24-5-server. powertop shows "et131x_open (et131x_error_timer_handler)" on top of the list. Turning down the network interface brings the load back to normal; I

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-01-03 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 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-01-05 Thread Thomas Liebetraut
I just checked the Hardy Heron live CD with kernel 2.6.24-2 and the problem with the et131x module and ksoftirqd still exists. Also, there still is no news from upstream. -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because yo

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-01-20 Thread mil
The problem seems to be indeed that the et131x driver doesn't work well with a tickless kernel. I boot with "nohz=off" now and ksoftirqd's CPU consumption is back to normal. To turn off the the messages to the kernel log about the unhandled IOCTL I load the module with the option "et131x_debug_flag

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-10-08 Thread Thomas Liebetraut
** Attachment added: "output of lspci -vvn" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9868485/lspci -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-10-08 Thread Thomas Liebetraut
** Attachment added: "list of other loaded modules in case they interfere with et131x" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9868554/lsmod -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whic

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-03-07 Thread Tim Gardner
Implemented the mod_timer() patch. ** Changed in: linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium Assignee: (unassigned) => Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) Status: Incomplete => Fix Committed Target: None => hardy-alpha-6 -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cp

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-10-24 Thread Siva
Folks, I had the same issue with my laptop after I installed the restricted drivers on my Gutsy "Firmware fro Broadcom 43xx chipset family" in an attempt to set up my wireless network. I did try to follow all the instructions from the forum using ndiswrapper with 64bit Windows Vista driver but st

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-11-21 Thread Bernhard Gehl
I am not quite sure if this bug is a duplicate - it seems to me that something is wrong with this specific driver or its interaction with the (tickless?) kernel: My setup is similar to the one, the bug was originally reported for: LG S1 Pro Express Dual - with an Agere et131x wired network card. A

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-11-30 Thread Henrik Nilsen Omma
This will be retargeted towards the Hardy kernel once it is released. I've tagged this as "hardy-kernel-candidate" so that we make sure to retarget this report once the new release is out. However against the linux-source-2.6.22 package this is being marked as "Won't Fix" as it does not meet the cr

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-10-20 Thread Soni
I can confirm this bug - I have also a LG T1 and after upgrading to Gutsy the process ksoftirqd coused permamantly 15-30% cpu load. After removing the module et131x there is no more cpu load of ksoftirqd. -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You receive

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-10-25 Thread Chan
I had the same problem with my LG P1 laptop after upgrading to Gutsy. Reverting the kernel 2.6.22 to 2.6.20-16 of Feisty works well and there is no problem any more. Unloading the et131x module on 2.6.22 works fine as well but it's very annoying for me. -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-10-25 Thread joyrider
I'm having a similar problem with Ksoftirqd but with other modules perhaps it's related to this problem/bug. The modules in question are CX88_ALSA and CX8800 although i believe it's the later one. I have a constant 20-30% cpu usage from ksoftirqd/0 process only when unloading the CX88_ALSA and CX88

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-11-13 Thread rrowv
Probably a duplicate of Bug #153195. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux- source-2.6.22/+bug/153195/ -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact f

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-11-11 Thread psyke777
On my LG X100 using Intrepid, ksoftirqd uses about 10-15% CPU when et131x is loaded. Doing the change mentioned here: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2045610&group_id=179406&atid=889023 where pAdapter->ErrorTimer.expires=jiffies+HZ; is added before: add_timer( &pAdapter-

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-11-18 Thread Zeus
Thanks Psyke777. Quick question where exactly does one make these changes. Sorry I'm not quite an ubuntu newbie but kernal settings is something pretty new to me... Thanks -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification becaus

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2009-07-06 Thread kernel-janitor
Hi tommie-lie, Please be sure to confirm this issue exists with the latest development release of Ubuntu. ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ . Please then run following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2009-08-19 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/hardy/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-10-08 Thread Thomas Liebetraut
** Attachment added: "output of lspci -vvn" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9868485/lspci -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2007-10-08 Thread Thomas Liebetraut
** Attachment added: "list of other loaded modules in case they interfere with et131x" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9868554/lsmod -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whic

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-15 Thread Leann Ogasawara
Per the kernel team's bug policy, can you please attach the following information for the most recent Hardy Alpha kernel (2.6.24-8 as of this post). Please be sure to attach each file as a separate attachment. * uname -a > uname-a.log * cat /proc/version_signature > version.log * dmesg > dmesg.lo

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-15 Thread Ilya Krets
Probably it can be fixed by changing add_timer( &pAdapter->ErrorTimer ); to mod_timer( &pAdapter->ErrorTimer, jiffies+ 5*HZ ); in error_timer_handler function in file et131x_initpci.c ( learned from http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1876109&forum_id=621136 ). Worked for me

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-25 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 - 2.6.24-10.14 --- linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 (2.6.24-10.14) hardy; urgency=low [Jay Chetty] * poulsbo: update to beta 6 version of the driver * poulsbo: update to beta 6 version of the driver [Stefan Bader] *

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-29 Thread Richard Albright
I patched a few files and put up a new release of the driver on sourceforge. I replaced add_timer with mod_timer and the cpu no longer seems to be getting eaten up. I commented out the logging of unhandled IOCTL messages as it was polluting message buffer. ** Attachment added: "et131x-1.2.3-2.ta

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-29 Thread Ilya Krets
that's good, thanks :) -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/ma

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-03-05 Thread foxctrl
I got the same problems with softirqd using about 25% of my CPU load, and it was only when the et131x module was loaded. So I downloaded the et131x...tar.gz from Richard (above) compiled and installed it. But "make modules_install" copyied new et131x.ko to the wrong dir /modules/version/extra/et13

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-11 Thread LeDechaine
Sorry, forgot to mention: Kernel 2.6.22-14-generic -- et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubun

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-11 Thread LeDechaine
I just experienced the exact same bug that joyrider had (see higher or click the link). https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24/+bug/150515/comments/6 My ksoftirqd/0 was using ~20% of my CPU. Found this page via google, unloaded the cx88 modules (that i'm using for m

[Bug 150515] Re: et131x causing ksoftirqd to eat up cpu

2008-02-12 Thread MatB
Same problem here, the issue is triggered by a high CPU load. ksoftirqd eats around 27% of CPU time. Running hardy kernel linux-image-2.6.24-5-server. powertop shows "et131x_open (et131x_error_timer_handler)" on top of the list. Turning down the network interface brings the load back to normal; I

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