Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 10:16:17 -0800 From: Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> To: Sepherosa Ziehau <sepherosa@gmail.com> Cc: Nick Rogers <ncrogers@gmail.com>, "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, "Christopher D. Harrison" <harrison@biostat.wisc.edu> Subject: Re: igb network lockups Message-ID: <CAFOYbc=j6AU%2B78O3VZotRJVozyRATYkqB97gCXHfb6AkJr70uQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAMOc5cz%2BknVK=skEz1z=WNAjd5mL3DeOVBasHnJ6ggsNtiQdbA@mail.gmail.com> References: <512BAA60.3060703@biostat.wisc.edu> <CAFOYbckDFJKRip%2Be=a%2B_JPHhk%2BHbAikRBK0dHEBDDEgdsZT6sw@mail.gmail.com> <512BAF8D.7080308@biostat.wisc.edu> <CAFOYbcnEN=Pzd9k4hvR%2BwqP3_HJj3-QRQSwocfHDSehUH5YPXA@mail.gmail.com> <CAKOb=YYyJZyKzpEBT%2Bo-Vmn7dedRfVW%2BwVh1KVM7oaWT63%2BqBg@mail.gmail.com> <CAKOb=YYRu94CRC8Fd1TrWezHig6Od_uNpO2f%2BtCBQTBNQVjtog@mail.gmail.com> <CAMOc5cz%2BknVK=skEz1z=WNAjd5mL3DeOVBasHnJ6ggsNtiQdbA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 2:14 AM, Sepherosa Ziehau <sepherosa@gmail.com>wrote: ... > > > For 82574L, i.e. supported by em(4), MSI-X must _not_ be enabled; it > is simply broken (you could check 82574 errata on Intel's website to > confirm what I have said here). > If you actually checked the errata you will find that its not "simply broken", furthermore it most certainly SHOULD be enabled, it is by default in the Linux driver as well as mine, the issue is not with the 82574, its with some system designs that have upstream PCIE problems. If you experience problems with a particular system, then we recommend disabling MSIX to determine if this hardware issue may be behind it. In most cases MSIX works just fine. > > For 82575, i.e. supported by igb(4), MSI-X must _not_ be enabled; it > is simply broken (you could check 82575 errata on Intel's website to > confirm what I have said here). > > The same issue obtains on the 82575, its a system issue, and we have tested the part on our Reference systems in prolonged stress without any problem. So the same recommendation as above applies. Jack Vogel Intel Network Division
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