Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 12:05:39 -0800 From: Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> To: Sean Bruno <seanbru@yahoo-inc.com> Cc: "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org>, Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org>, Jan Koum <jan@whatsapp.com>, Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Subject: Re: em driver, 82574L chip, and possibly ASPM Message-ID: <AANLkTimdJNV4Hxm6%2Bi3uVa7es9Vu=TDAFBzfUycuM=sZ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1296590190.2326.6.camel@hitfishpass-lx.corp.yahoo.com> References: <icgd44$89l$1@dough.gmane.org> <1290533941.3173.50.camel@home-yahoo> <4CEC0548.1080801@sentex.net> <AANLkTim82pWyf_X%2Bu72uj8RkWeRUb_4KSQ8B_HpNYsP9@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTinO1yfN--_K63-yD1LY3wusOF7wB2wwG8DUd5Z4@mail.gmail.com> <4D2C636B.5040003@sentex.net> <AANLkTimFzYZOkwdExm5JPRB7BaN8Am8pPcgrMT0wVZqy@mail.gmail.com> <4D3C4795.40205@sentex.net> <4D42EA74.4090807@sentex.net> <1296590190.2326.6.camel@hitfishpass-lx.corp.yahoo.com>
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At this point I'm open to any ideas, this sounds like a good one Sean, thanks. Mike, you want to test this ? Jack On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Sean Bruno <seanbru@yahoo-inc.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 08:10 -0800, Mike Tancsa wrote: > > On 1/23/2011 10:21 AM, Mike Tancsa wrote: > > > On 1/21/2011 4:21 AM, Jan Koum wrote: > > > One other thing I noticed is that when the nic is in its hung state, > the > > > WOL option is gone ? > > > > > > e.g > > > > > > em1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu > 1500 > > > > options=19b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4> > > > ether 00:15:17:ed:68:a4 > > > > > > vs > > > > > > > > > em1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu > 1500 > > > > > > > options=219b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,WOL_MAGIC> > > > ether 00:15:17:ed:68:a4 > > > > > > Another hang last night :( > > > > Whats really strange is that the WOL_MAGIC and TSO4 got turned back on > > somehow ? I had explicitly turned it off, but when the NIC was in its > > bad state > > > > em1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > > options=2198<VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,WOL_MAGIC> > > > > ... its back on along with TSO? Not sure if its coincidence or a side > > effect or what. For now, I have had to re-purpose this nic to something > > else. > > > > debug info shows > > > > Jan 28 00:25:10 backup3 kernel: Interface is RUNNING and INACTIVE > > Jan 28 00:25:10 backup3 kernel: em1: hw tdh = 625, hw tdt = 625 > > Jan 28 00:25:10 backup3 kernel: em1: hw rdh = 903, hw rdt = 903 > > Jan 28 00:25:10 backup3 kernel: em1: Tx Queue Status = 0 > > Jan 28 00:25:10 backup3 kernel: em1: TX descriptors avail = 1024 > > Jan 28 00:25:10 backup3 kernel: em1: Tx Descriptors avail failure = 0 > > Jan 28 00:25:10 backup3 kernel: em1: RX discarded packets = 0 > > Jan 28 00:25:10 backup3 kernel: em1: RX Next to Check = 903 > > Jan 28 00:25:10 backup3 kernel: em1: RX Next to Refresh = 904 > > Jan 28 00:25:27 backup3 kernel: em1: link state changed to DOWN > > Jan 28 00:25:30 backup3 kernel: em1: link state changed to UP > > > > > > ---Mike > > > I'm trying to get some more testing done regarding my suggestions around > the OACTIVE assertions in the driver. More or less, it looks like > intense periods of activity can push the driver into the OACTIVE hold > off state and the logic isn't quite right in igb(4) or em(4) to handle > it. > > I suspect that something like this modification to igb(4) may be > required for em(4). > > Comments? > > Sean >
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