From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751988AbZIHRu5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Sep 2009 13:50:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751890AbZIHRu5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Sep 2009 13:50:57 -0400 Received: from electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com ([213.41.134.224]:32970 "EHLO electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751740AbZIHRu4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Sep 2009 13:50:56 -0400 Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 19:55:50 +0200 From: Francois Romieu To: Shane Arnold Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Bringing up secondary rtl8169-based interface causes network hang/dma issues Message-ID: <20090908175550.GA30098@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> References: <4AA6506A.7040900@iinet.net.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4AA6506A.7040900@iinet.net.au> X-Organisation: Land of Sunshine Inc. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Shane Arnold : [...] > The issue I am having is when bringing up a second Ethernet interface > that uses the rtl8169 driver, it seems to cause network issues. I lose > all network connectivity to the machine, and I simultaneously see a DMA > error occur for my primary IDE drive. > > Two interfaces: > > Quote: > eth0 (rtl8168 (using rtl8169 driver) - Onboard PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet) > eth1 (rtl8169 (using rtl8169 driver) - RTL8169 PCI Gigabit Ethernet) ^^^^^^^ Do you mean the in-kernel r8169 driver or Realtek's one ? > The chipset running the IDE drive that experiences the DMA crash is: > > Quote: > ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller (atiixp) > Vitals: > > Debian 5.0.1 @ Kernel 2.6.30 > > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 9602 > 00:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge > (PCIE port 2) > 00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA > Controller [IDE mode] > 00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 > Controller > 00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller > 00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller > 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 > Controller > 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller > 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller > 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3a) > 00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller > 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller > 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge > 00:14.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI2 > Controller > 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] > HyperTransport Technology Configuration > 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] > Address Map > 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] > DRAM Controller > 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] > Miscellaneous Control > 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3200 > Graphics > 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02) > 03:07.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04) > 03:07.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy Game Port (rev 04) > 03:07.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (rev 04) The second (PCI only ?) network card is plugged and lspci does not display it, right ? > The output from kern.log is as follows (right after bringing the link up) Please send a complete dmesg from boot and the content of /proc/interrupts once the link is brought up. [...] > If you guys need any package versions just ask. Also feel free to point > me in the direction of a better place to post this issue. It is suggested to send network related problems to netdev@vger.kernel.org -- Ueimor