Hi, On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 07:51:06PM +0100, Hans-Kristian Bakke wrote: > This commit fixes a long standing issue with all my servers running > Intel Server NICs with 82571/2 chips: > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commit;h=09357b00255c233705b1cf6d76a8d147340545b8 > > I use kernel 2.6.32.XX and 3.2.XX and have the issue on both with two > different server NICs (both in the affected chipset range). > > Eksample output from dmesg when the issue appears: > > [19185.345835] e1000e 0000:01:00.1: eth1: Detected Hardware Unit Hang: > [19185.345837] TDH <5c> > [19185.345838] TDT <5d> > [19185.345839] next_to_use <5d> > [19185.345839] next_to_clean <5c> > [19185.345840] buffer_info[next_to_clean]: > [19185.345841] time_stamp <1004809ab> > [19185.345842] next_to_watch <5c> > [19185.345843] jiffies <100480ab8> > [19185.345844] next_to_watch.status <0> > [19185.345845] MAC Status <80387> > [19185.345845] PHY Status <792d> > [19185.345846] PHY 1000BASE-T Status <3800> > [19185.345847] PHY Extended Status <3000> > [19185.345848] PCI Status <10> > > I tried running kernel 3.3 rc-6 a while just to verify and the issue > dissappeared. > > I would be very happy if this fix could at least be backported to the > 3.2.XX kernel, as this is the kernel selected for the next debian > release so it will be with us for a long time.
It would be nice if you could ask the original patch authors and the driver maintainer (generally the last signed-off-by line) because if this patch needs other missing patches to work reliably, we have no way to know that. I'm open to include it into 2.6.32 if it's ACKed. Regards, Willy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
