From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 11 19:50:12 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C02C1065675 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:50:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cforgeron@acsi.ca) Received: from mta04.eastlink.ca (mta04.eastlink.ca [24.224.136.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A03968FC0A for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:50:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ip03.eastlink.ca ([24.222.39.36]) by mta04.eastlink.ca (Oracle Communications Messaging Exchange Server 7u4-21.01 64bit (built Feb 16 2011)) with ESMTP id <0M2B00FV5Z3C7MT0@mta04.eastlink.ca> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:50:00 -0300 (ADT) X-CMAE-Score: 0 X-CMAE-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=ccSpXg/M c=1 sm=1 a=zSyOyUf+KSrCn7tXbosjdg==:17 a=qV7Q8s93BacA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=1xAcdQvbvX8Ok3sSDCQA:9 a=zIiBjJqeb4kCgQECExQA:7 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=SV7veod9ZcQA:10 a=DmyEpWUMMhXtPeL8:21 a=MN7suVGGxg2vQQaO:21 a=k1w2ZutsjhWYawe+LO1aOw==:117 Received: from invio.ca (HELO AA-Edge2007.acsi.ca) ([24.222.10.82]) by ip03.eastlink.ca with ESMTP; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:50:00 -0300 Received: from server7.acsi.ca (192.168.9.7) by AA-Edge2007.acsi.ca (192.168.9.15) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 8.3.245.1; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:49:58 -0300 Received: from server7.acsi.ca ([192.168.9.7]) by server7.acsi.ca ([192.168.9.7]) with mapi; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:49:57 -0300 From: Chris Forgeron To: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:49:56 -0300 Thread-topic: ixgbe v2.3.11 won't negotiate LACP, v2.4.4 does Thread-index: Acz77EIiknVfmVMKSfWwJL+A/rPijgS1BEsQAF702cAB9/224A== Message-id: References: In-reply-to: Accept-Language: en-US Content-language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable MIME-version: 1.0 Subject: RE: ixgbe v2.3.11 won't negotiate LACP, v2.4.4 does X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:50:12 -0000 I think there's still some problems with LACP in the ixgbe 2.4.4 code. When I use 2.4.4, I am able to establish the LACP link, as stated below. Pi= ngs, and light traffic all works well. However, if I start driving some hea= vier NFS traffic 20-40+ MB/s) across the link from an ESXi server, I run i= nto networking issues where the NFS shares hosted by FreeBSD over the ixgbe= LACP link disappear, timeouts on the ESXi end, etc. If I set the FreeBSD ixgbe ports to FEC instead of LACP, everything continu= es to work. This is on FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE as of March 17th. My feeling is that something subtle is wrong still in the LACP code for ixg= be? LACP links for bce work fine under the same Dell PowerConnect switch, but t= hose are 1 gig links, not 10 gig links. In my tests, my LAG is set to Dyna= mic, not static, and has the proper MTU's (all set to 9000).=20 Only with LACP mode for the laggport do I have these problems.=20 How can I help Jack (or others) diagnose and test this further? Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd= .org] On Behalf Of Chris Forgeron Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 7:01 PM To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: ixgbe v2.3.11 won't negotiate LACP, v2.4.4 does I have a few systems with Intel X520-DA2 PCIe network cards (10 Gig). The problem I've been running into is with a fresh 9.0-STABLE or 9.0-RELEAS= E install. I can't get a LACP connection established over the ix0 and ix1 p= orts. It's showing COLLECTING and DISTRIBUTING, but not ACTIVE.=20 I've noticed that older 9.0-BETA copies with the 2.3.10 ixgbe driver are wo= rking with the same switch without problems. The 9.0-STABLE that I was doing the most work with had an ixgbe of 2.3.11 After some digging around, I downloaded the ixgbe 2.4.4 from the Intel sit= e, compiled the .ko (a little editing due to the bool typdef), and now my 9= .0-STABLE systems can properly setup a LACP link over ixgbe devices. I'm sure others will run into this in time - Can we get the 2.4.4 into 9-S= TABLE?=20 Thanks. _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"