On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 1:15 AM, Stefan Assmann <sassmann@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Interesting, the following might explain why my XL710 feels a bit > sketchy then. ;-) > # ethtool -i p4p1 > driver: i40e > version: 1.2.37-k > firmware-version: f4.22.26225 a1.1 n4.24 e12ef > Looks like the firmware on this NIC is even older. > > I tried to update the firmware with nvmupdate64e and the first thing I > noticed is that you cannot update the firmware even with todays linux > git. The tool errors out because it cannot access the NVM. Only with a > recent net-next kernel I was able to update the firmware. > ethtool -i p4p1 > driver: i40e > version: 1.2.37-k > firmware-version: f4.33.31377 a1.2 n4.42 e1932 > > However during the update I got a lot of errors in dmesg. > [ 301.796664] i40e 0000:82:00.0: ARQ Error: Unknown event 0x0702 received > [ 301.893933] i40e 0000:82:00.0: ARQ Error: Unknown event 0x0703 received > [ 302.005223] i40e 0000:82:00.0: ARQ Error: Unknown event 0x0703 received > [...] > [ 387.884635] i40e 0000:82:00.0: ARQ Error: Unknown event 0x0703 received > [ 387.896862] i40e 0000:82:00.0: ARQ Overflow Error detected > [ 387.902995] i40e 0000:82:00.0: ARQ Error: Unknown event 0x0703 received These are bogus messages should not have been generated, but it seems there's a case statement missing in the upstream code. I'll get a patch together for this later today. > [...] > [ 391.583799] i40e 0000:82:00.0: NVMUpdate write failed err=-53 status=0x0 errno=-16 module=70 offset=0x0 size=2 > [ 391.714217] i40e 0000:82:00.0: NVMUpdate write failed err=-53 status=0x0 errno=-16 module=70 offset=0x0 size=2 > [ 391.842656] i40e 0000:82:00.0: NVMUpdate write failed err=-53 status=0x0 errno=-16 module=70 offset=0x0 size=2 > [ 391.973080] i40e 0000:82:00.0: NVMUpdate write failed err=-53 status=0x0 errno=-16 module=70 offset=0x0 size=2 > [ 392.107586] i40e 0000:82:00.0: NVMUpdate write failed err=-53 status=0x0 errno=-16 module=70 offset=0x0 size=2 > [ 392.244140] i40e 0000:82:00.0: NVMUpdate write failed err=-53 status=0x0 errno=-16 module=70 offset=0x0 size=2 > [ 392.373966] i40e 0000:82:00.0: ARQ Error: Unknown event 0x0703 received These are an annoying result of a user tool issue. > > Not sure if that flash was actually successful or not. Since the driver was able to restart and give you the version information from ethtool -i, the update was successful. You are not supposed to have to powercycle your system after the NVM update, but it's a good idea anyway, especially when updating the older firmware like what you had. sln -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
