This problem goes away, i.e., the machines do not crash, when I switch from tg3 to the bcm5700-6.2.11 driver. Stuart Anderson wrote: > I am having a problem with the tg3 driver locking up dual-xeon machines > when put under heavy load if and only if I am running an SMP kernel. > No problems with tg3+UP or bcm5700+SMP or with the a SysKonnect > card under load with either UP or SMP kernel. > > The machines are: > dual 2.2GHz P4 Xeon/2GB RAM/Super Micro P4DL6 MOBO running > RedHat7.3 plus whatever kernel is needed. Besides the on-board > Broadcom BCM5701 10/100/1000 copper GigE there is one SysKonnect9843 > fiber GigE PCI card and 2 3Ware IDE-RAID cards per machine. > > I first ran into this with RH2.4.18, and reproduced the problem with > vanilla 2.4.20 and 2.4.20 plus tg3 1.4c patch at that time. It is now > a more important issue and I am seeing it with RH smp-2.4.20-13.7 but > not the uni-processor 2.4.20-13.7--both of which use the tg3 1.5 driver. > > Any suggestions on how to get tg3 running stably under SMP > kernel on a BCM5701 interface would be greatly appreciated. > > Here is the output of lspci -v. > > # lspci -v > 00:00.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks: Unknown device 0012 (rev 13) > Flags: fast devsel > > 00:00.1 Host bridge: ServerWorks: Unknown device 0012 > Flags: fast devsel > > 00:00.2 Host bridge: ServerWorks: Unknown device 0000 > Flags: fast devsel > > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27) > (prog-if 00 [VGA]) > Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL > Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11 > Memory at fb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] > I/O ports at a800 [size=256] > Memory at fc7ff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] > Expansion ROM at fc7c0000 [disabled] [size=128K] > Capabilities: [5c] Power Management version 2 > > 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 0d) > Subsystem: Intel Corp. EtherExpress PRO/100 S Server Adapter > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 9 > Memory at fc7fd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] > I/O ports at af00 [size=64] > Memory at fc7a0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] > Expansion ROM at fc7e0000 [disabled] [size=64K] > Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 > > 00:0f.0 ISA bridge: ServerWorks CSB5 South Bridge (rev 93) > Subsystem: Unknown device d915:5538 > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64 > > 00:0f.1 IDE interface: ServerWorks CSB5 IDE Controller (rev 93) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) > Subsystem: ServerWorks CSB5 IDE Controller > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64 > I/O ports at <ignored> > I/O ports at <ignored> > I/O ports at <ignored> > I/O ports at <ignored> > I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16] > > 00:0f.2 USB Controller: ServerWorks OSB4/CSB5 USB Controller (rev 05) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) > Subsystem: ServerWorks OSB4/CSB5 USB Controller > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10 > Memory at fc7fe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] > > 00:0f.3 Host bridge: ServerWorks: Unknown device 0225 > Subsystem: Unknown device d915:5538 > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 > > 00:10.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks: Unknown device 0101 (rev 03) > Flags: 66Mhz, medium devsel > Capabilities: [60] PCI-X non-bridge device. > > 00:10.2 Host bridge: ServerWorks: Unknown device 0101 (rev 03) > Flags: 66Mhz, medium devsel > Capabilities: [60] PCI-X non-bridge device. > > 00:11.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks: Unknown device 0101 (rev 03) > Flags: 66Mhz, medium devsel > Capabilities: [60] PCI-X non-bridge device. > > 00:11.2 Host bridge: ServerWorks: Unknown device 0101 (rev 03) > Flags: 66Mhz, medium devsel > Capabilities: [60] PCI-X non-bridge device. > > 01:02.0 RAID bus controller: 3ware Inc 3ware 7000-series ATA-RAID (rev 01) > Subsystem: 3ware Inc 3ware 7000-series ATA-RAID > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10 > I/O ports at bfa0 [size=16] > Memory at fd8ffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16] > Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M] > Expansion ROM at fd8e0000 [disabled] [size=64K] > Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 1 > > 01:03.0 Ethernet controller: BROADCOM Corporation NetXtreme BCM5701 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 15) > Subsystem: BROADCOM Corporation: Unknown device 1644 > Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5 > Memory at fd8d0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] > Expansion ROM at fd8c0000 [disabled] [size=64K] > Capabilities: [40] PCI-X non-bridge device. > Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2 > Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data > Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/3 Enable- > > 02:02.0 RAID bus controller: 3ware Inc 3ware 7000-series ATA-RAID (rev 01) > Subsystem: 3ware Inc 3ware 7000-series ATA-RAID > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 7 > I/O ports at cfa0 [size=16] > Memory at fe9ffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16] > Memory at fe000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M] > Expansion ROM at fe9e0000 [disabled] [size=64K] > Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 1 > > 03:02.0 Ethernet controller: Syskonnect (Schneider & Koch) Gigabit Ethernet (rev 12) > Subsystem: Syskonnect (Schneider & Koch) SK-9843 (1000Base-SX single link) > Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11 > Memory at feafc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] > I/O ports at d800 [size=256] > Expansion ROM at feac0000 [disabled] [size=128K] > Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 1 > Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data > > -- Stuart Anderson sba@srl.caltech.edu http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/sba - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
