From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753346Ab1GZPby (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:31:54 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:18794 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752432Ab1GZPbu (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:31:50 -0400 Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:31:46 +0200 From: Jiri Pirko To: john stultz Cc: walt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [bisected regression] Partial breakage of forcedeth driver Message-ID: <20110726153146.GJ2078@minipsycho.brq.redhat.com> References: <4E2CA683.4010005@gmail.com> <20110726063511.GC2073@minipsycho> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20110726063511.GC2073@minipsycho> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 08:35:11AM CEST, jpirko@redhat.com wrote: >Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 01:23:59AM CEST, johnstul@us.ibm.com wrote: >>On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 4:10 PM, walt wrote: >>> commit 3326c784c9f492e988617d93f647ae0cfd4c8d09 >>> Author: Jiri Pirko >>> Date:   Wed Jul 20 04:54:38 2011 +0000 >>> >>>    forcedeth: do vlan cleanup >>> >>>    - unify vlan and nonvlan rx path >>>    - kill np->vlangrp and nv_vlan_rx_register >>>    - allow to turn on/off rx vlan accel via ethtool (set_features) >>> >>>    Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko >>>    Signed-off-by: David S. Miller >>> >>> This commit causes networking trouble for my nForce-based motherboard. >>> (Details happily supplied if needed.) >>> >>> I say 'partial' breakage because networking is not completely dead, >>> just limping very slowly :) >>> >>> The simplest test is to ping any host (in my LAN or on the internet, >>> makes no difference).  The replies to my ping come at very irregular >>> intervals, ranging from normal to 5-10 seconds or so, seemingly at >>> random AFAICT. >> >>I'm seeing this too. Ping responses phase in and out every 10 seconds or so. >> >>Jiri, any thoughts? > >Nothing so far. I plan to take a loot at this today. Will keep you guyes >posted. Will post patch soon. > >Jirka > >> >>thanks >>-john >-- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/