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If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you! ** Tags added: verification-needed-artful -- 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/1736593 Title: ThunderX: TX failure unless checksum offload disabled Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in linux source package in Artful: Fix Committed Bug description: [Impact] Most attempts to use IPv6 on the ThunderX NIC will fail. [Test Case] Attempt an IPv6 TCP connection: $ wget -6 'http://www.kernel.org/' The connection will time out. [Regression Risk] The fix is upstream, and is limited to the ThunderX nicvf driver. [Workaround] Disable TX checksum offload: $ ethtool -K eth0 tx off [More Details] The issue first appears in Linux 4.12. A fix from Cavium has been merged upstream: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_queues.c?id=fa6d7cb5d76cf0467c61420fc9238045aedfd379 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1736593/+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
