Bug 145054 – onboard hme ethernet NIC locks on Ultra2

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED INVALID

[Description Adrien Richard 2006-08-25 01:37:57 UTC]

The onboard hme ethernet NIC locks every time it is under high load. e.g when downloading a file larger than 2Mb for example.
All the kernels I tried seem to be affected: sparc-sources 2.4.32-r2 and 2.4.32-r6, gentoo-sources 2.6.16-r13 2.6.17-r4 2.6.17-r5.
The gentoo-sources "ultra1" flag does not seem to solve the problem neither on 2.4, nor on 2.6 kernels.
For the iface to work a gain, the /etc/init.d/net.eth0 has to be restarted.
Dmesg | tail output after high load transfer:

eth0: Link is up using internal transceiver at 10Mb/s, Half Duplex.
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
eth0: transmit timed out, resetting
eth0: Happy Status 00000000 TX[000003ff:00000101]
eth0: Link is up using internal transceiver at 10Mb/s, Half Duplex.

[Comment 1 Gustavo Zacarias (RETIRED) 2006-08-25 04:45:54 UTC]

This is not MAJOR since many people are using onboard HME on U2 machines just fine and they're quite common.

[Comment 2 Gustavo Zacarias (RETIRED) 2006-08-25 04:46:59 UTC]

Since all the kernels are affected did you try using a different patch cable, different switch/hub port or a different switch/hub altogether?

[Comment 3 Adrien Richard 2006-08-25 05:19:05 UTC]

(In reply to comment #2)
> Since all the kernels are affected did you try using a different patch cable,
> different switch/hub port or a different switch/hub altogether?
> 

(In reply to comment #2)
> Since all the kernels are affected did you try using a different patch cable,
> different switch/hub port or a different switch/hub altogether?
> 

Soory for bothering, dead switch, my first bug report and there's no bug... :s
From now I'll be aware I have to perform some extra-tests before reporting...

[Comment 4 Gustavo Zacarias (RETIRED) 2006-08-25 05:55:58 UTC]

Closing then.