-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 thus Timo Schoeler spake: > Hi list, Little followup, > I have a *very* strange problem, unfortunately it's kind of a show > stopper regarding the deployment of the machine. :( > > I have two Intel Gigabit Ethernet NICs on board (Supermicro-based > Server), quoting lspci (full output see at the end of the email): > > 0d:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573E Gigabit Ethernet > Controller (Copper) (rev 03) > 0f:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet > Controller I tried with Intel's most recent driver, it shows the same behaviour: [root@bla ~]# ip link set dev eth0 mtu 1576 SIOCSIFMTU: Invalid argument [root@bla ~]# ip link set dev eth1 mtu 1576 [root@bla ~]# ip link show dev eth1 6: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1576 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000 link/ether 00:30:48:xx:xx:xy brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Timo > While the first device (seen as eth0) does *not* allow to set a > different MTU (tried with 1576 and 1546, both values I could use; I am > forced to use values >1500 here due to protocol stuff), the second works > without a problem. > > dmesg shows: > > eth0: Unsupported MTU setting > ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready > eth1: changing MTU from 1500 to 1576 > ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready > 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8 Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > All bugs added by David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxx> > ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0.543: link is not ready > ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0.820: link is not ready > e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None > ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready > ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0.543: link becomes ready > ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0.820: link becomes ready > e1000e: eth1 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None > ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready > > The MTU is set as usual in the ifcfg-ethN files as 'MTU=1576', e.g. > > I tried with kernel 2.6.18-194.8.1.el5.028stab070.2 (OpenVZ) as well as > the vanilla CentOS kernels 2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 and 2.6.18-194.11.1.el5 -- > same problem. > > Has anybody an idea what goes wrong here? > > Thanks, > > Timo > > --- > > 0d:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573E Gigabit Ethernet > Controller (Copper) (rev 03) > Subsystem: Super Micro Computer Inc Unknown device 108c > Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- > ParErr+ Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- > Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- > <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- > Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes > Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 90 > Region 0: Memory at d0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] > Region 2: I/O ports at 2000 [size=32] > Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 2 > Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA > PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+) > Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME- > Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ > Queue=0/0 Enable+ > Address: 00000000fee01000 Data: 405a > Capabilities: [e0] Express Endpoint IRQ 0 > Device: Supported: MaxPayload 256 bytes, PhantFunc 0, > ExtTag- > Device: Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <64us > Device: AtnBtn- AtnInd- PwrInd- > Device: Errors: Correctable+ Non-Fatal+ Fatal+ Unsupported+ > Device: RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+ > Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes > Link: Supported Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1, ASPM unknown, > Port 0 > Link: Latency L0s <128ns, L1 <64us > Link: ASPM Disabled RCB 64 bytes CommClk+ ExtSynch- > Link: Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1 > Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting > Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number xy-xx-xx-ff-ff-48-30-00 > > 0f:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet > Controller > Subsystem: Super Micro Computer Inc Unknown device 109a > Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- > ParErr+ Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- > Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- > <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- > Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes > Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 106 > Region 0: Memory at d0300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] > Region 2: I/O ports at 3000 [size=32] > Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 2 > Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA > PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+) > Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME- > Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ > Queue=0/0 Enable+ > Address: 00000000fee01000 Data: 406a > Capabilities: [e0] Express Endpoint IRQ 0 > Device: Supported: MaxPayload 256 bytes, PhantFunc 0, > ExtTag- > Device: Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <64us > Device: AtnBtn- AtnInd- PwrInd- > Device: Errors: Correctable+ Non-Fatal+ Fatal+ Unsupported+ > Device: RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+ > Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes > Link: Supported Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1, ASPM unknown, > Port 0 > Link: Latency L0s <128ns, L1 <64us > Link: ASPM Disabled RCB 64 bytes CommClk+ ExtSynch- > Link: Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1 > Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting > Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number xx-xx-xx-ff-ff-48-30-00 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFMbjBjfg746kcGBOwRAvM3AKCbA5H7DHI04chYw2e9cYCLeERKxgCgpmWF qfEwOY3zkMOJDlVpzmVW/rI= =ZUPo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos