Re: tg3 timeouts with 2.6.17-rc6

2006-06-17 Thread David Miller
From: "Michael Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 11:23:28 -0700 > David, Here's the patch if you haven't already made one: > > [TG3]: Disable TSO by default on 5780 class chips. Sorry, I didn't get a chance to push this into 2.6.17 in time. I will push it into the first 2.6.17.x

Re: tg3 timeouts with 2.6.17-rc6

2006-06-17 Thread Michael Chan
On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 20:37 -0700, Michael Chan wrote: > David Miller wrote: > > > From: "Michael Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:27:32 -0700 > > > > > In the meantime, I wonder if we should disable TSO by default on the > > > 5780 chip for 2.6.17. > > > > Sounds reasonab

Re: tg3 timeouts with 2.6.17-rc6

2006-06-16 Thread Michael Chan
David Miller wrote: > From: "Michael Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:27:32 -0700 > > > In the meantime, I wonder if we should disable TSO by default on the > > 5780 chip for 2.6.17. > > Sounds reasonable. Would we disable it for all chips that set > TG3_FLG2_5780_CLASS or

Re: tg3 timeouts with 2.6.17-rc6

2006-06-16 Thread David Miller
From: "Michael Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:27:32 -0700 > In the meantime, I wonder if we should disable TSO by default on the > 5780 chip for 2.6.17. Sounds reasonable. Would we disable it for all chips that set TG3_FLG2_5780_CLASS or a specific variant? - To unsubscribe

Re: tg3 timeouts with 2.6.17-rc6

2006-06-16 Thread Michael Chan
On Sat, 2006-06-17 at 02:05 +0200, Juergen Kreileder wrote: > Michael Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Please try turning TSO off to see if it makes a difference: > > > > ethtool -K eth0 tso off > > Seems to work fine with TSO disabled. > Thanks for the information. We'll look into it. If pos

Re: tg3 timeouts with 2.6.17-rc6

2006-06-16 Thread Juergen Kreileder
Michael Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 23:20 +0200, Juergen Kreileder wrote: >> Michael Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> >>> Did this use to work with an older kernel or older tg3 driver? If >>> yes, what version? >> >> Works fine with 2.6.16 and earlier. >> >>> Pl

Re: tg3 timeouts with 2.6.17-rc6

2006-06-16 Thread Michael Chan
On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 23:20 +0200, Juergen Kreileder wrote: > Michael Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Did this use to work with an older kernel or older tg3 driver? If > > yes, what version? > > Works fine with 2.6.16 and earlier. > > > Please also provide the full tg3 probing output

Re: tg3 timeouts with 2.6.17-rc6

2006-06-16 Thread Juergen Kreileder
Michael Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Juergen Kreileder > >> I'm seeing frequent network timeouts on my PowerMac G5 Quad with >> 2.6.17-rc6. The timeouts are easily reproducible with moderate >> network traffic, e.g. by using bittorrent. >> > > Did this use to work with an older kernel or ol

Re: tg3 timeouts with 2.6.17-rc6

2006-06-16 Thread Michael Chan
Juergen Kreileder > I'm seeing frequent network timeouts on my PowerMac G5 Quad with > 2.6.17-rc6. The timeouts are easily reproducible with moderate > network traffic, e.g. by using bittorrent. > Did this use to work with an older kernel or older tg3 driver? If yes, what version? Please also