I'm affected too. HP Microserver N54L. Broadcom BCM95723 rev 10 chipset. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/615053
Title: tg3 network disconnects during high usage Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in Debian: New Bug description: Binary package hint: linux-generic During periods of high volume network traffic the tg3 module drops out/in repeatedly. Aug 8 10:46:04 repos kernel: [ 296.226367] tg3: eth1: Link is down. Aug 8 10:46:06 repos kernel: [ 298.757874] tg3: eth1: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex. Aug 8 10:46:06 repos kernel: [ 298.757881] tg3: eth1: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. Aug 8 10:46:18 repos kernel: [ 310.227127] tg3: eth1: Link is down. Aug 8 10:46:20 repos kernel: [ 312.796360] tg3: eth1: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex. Aug 8 10:46:20 repos kernel: [ 312.796367] tg3: eth1: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. Aug 8 10:46:31 repos kernel: [ 323.818955] tg3: eth1: Link is down. Aug 8 10:46:34 repos kernel: [ 326.177056] tg3: eth1: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex. Aug 8 10:46:34 repos kernel: [ 326.177062] tg3: eth1: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. Aug 8 10:46:54 repos kernel: [ 346.834385] tg3: eth1: Link is down. Aug 8 10:46:57 repos kernel: [ 349.258010] tg3: eth1: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex. Aug 8 10:46:57 repos kernel: [ 349.258016] tg3: eth1: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. Aug 8 10:47:13 repos kernel: [ 365.228754] tg3: eth1: Link is down. Aug 8 10:47:15 repos kernel: [ 367.671012] tg3: eth1: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex. Aug 8 10:47:15 repos kernel: [ 367.671018] tg3: eth1: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. Aug 8 10:47:26 repos kernel: [ 378.229198] tg3: eth1: Link is down. Aug 8 10:47:28 repos kernel: [ 380.674225] tg3: eth1: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex. Aug 8 10:47:28 repos kernel: [ 380.674231] tg3: eth1: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. lspci snippet: 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 11) 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 11) dmesg snippet: [ 1.009868] eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95721) rev 4101] (PCI Express) MAC address 00:17:a4:eb:4d:1f [ 1.009871] eth0: attached PHY is 5750 (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1]) [ 1.009874] eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] TSOcap[1] [ 1.009876] eth0: dma_rwctrl[76180000] dma_mask[64-bit] [ 1.029156] eth1: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95721) rev 4101] (PCI Express) MAC address 00:17:a4:eb:4d:1e [ 1.029160] eth1: attached PHY is 5750 (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1]) [ 1.029162] eth1: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[1] TSOcap[1] [ 1.029165] eth1: dma_rwctrl[76180000] dma_mask[64-bit] uname -a: Linux repos 2.6.32-24-generic #38-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jul 5 09:22:14 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux I have confirmed this bug with every Broadcom NetXtreme based server I have, and is completely repeatable by saturating the network link for more than a few seconds. This might not be a tg3 bug, it is possible it is a known firmware bug. Broadcom does not issue firmware fixes to the public, instead they rely on vender's to roll them out. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/615053/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp