FC4 - IBM e326 - network problems.
Naoki
naoki at valuecommerce.com
Thu Sep 1 07:21:38 UTC 2005
Well, it does it with SMP & UP kernels. Is it network driver? Is it
reiserfs?
How do I check? It doesn't actually panic and crash so lkcd is of no
use(?) kgdb?
magic sys key ?
On Thu, 2005-09-01 at 12:59 +0900, Naoki wrote:
> Ok, it's done it again and this time I have something on console :
>
> <3>Debug : Sleeping function called from invalid context at
> include/linux/rwsem.h:43
> in_atomic:(0) irqs_disabled:(1)
>
> What's that all about ?
>
> On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 09:48 +0900, Naoki wrote:
> > The plot thickens, I now have two of these boxes running. One plugged into a Foundry switch
> > and the other into a cheap 10/100 switching hub.
> >
> > The box connected to the hub says :
> >
> > eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95704A6) rev 2003 PHY(5704)] (PCIX:100MHz:64-bit) 10/100/1000BaseT Ethernet
> > tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
> > tg3: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX.
> >
> > The box hooked up to the foundry ( which is now nailed at 100-full ) says :
> >
> > eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95704A6) rev 2003 PHY(5704)] (PCIX:100MHz:64-bit) 10/100/1000BaseT Ethernet
> > tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
> > tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
> >
> > Now I just checked on of my production boxes also hooked up to a foundry but using a slightly different Broadcom chip :
> >
> > eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95703A30) rev 1002 PHY(5703)] (PCIX:100MHz:64-bit) 10/100/1000BaseT Ethernet
> > tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
> > tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
> >
> > So my only question now is this lack of flow control a tg3 driver problem, or a foundry switch problem? And how do I easily find out?
> >
> > Any suggestions from the group would be appreciated.
> >
> >
> > >From Aug 24th :
> >
> > You know what, I did, and it's been ok since. However I still have the
> > kernel message saying no flow control. I'm wondering if that's a
> > problem, it would sound like one to me.
> >
> > On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 13:47 +0200, Mogens Kjaer wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Have you also disabled auto-negotiation on the switch?
> > >
> > > Mogens
> > > --
> > > Mogens Kjaer, Carlsberg A/S, Computer Department
> > > Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark
> > > Phone: +45 33 27 53 25, Fax: +45 33 27 47 08
> > > Email: mk at crc.dk Homepage: http://www.crc.dk
> >
>
>
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Mark "Naoki" Rogers /VP - Systems Engineering
Systems
ValueCommerce Co., Ltd.
Tokyo Bldg 4F 3-32-7 Hongo Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
Tel. +81.3.3817.8995 Fax. +81.3.3812.4051
mailto:naoki at valuecommerce.co.jp
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