Re: 2.6.19 and up to 2.6.20-rc2 Ethernet problems x86_64

Jarek Poplawski wrote:
On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 03:32:01PM +0000, Sid Boyce wrote:
Jarek Poplawski wrote:
...
If you could send full ifconfig, route -n (or ip route
if you use additional tables) and tcpdump (all packets)
>from both boxes while pinging each other and a few words
how it is connected (other cards, other active boxes in
the network?) maybe something more could be found.
...
Everything is fine with a eepro100 on the 64x2 box that gave the same
problem with a nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
using the forcedeth module. On the x86_64 laptop the problem is with a
Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5788 using the tg3 module. Switching back to a
2.6.18.2 kernel, there is no problem.
With all configurations of cards on both, route -n is the same on all
kernels and instantly reports back. With >=2.6.19 on the laptop, netstat
-r takes a very long time before returning the information ~30 seconds,
instantly on 2.6.18.2.

This could be a problem with DNS. Could you do all tests
(including pinging) with -n option?

I've read your other message on netdev and see you
have firewall working and addresses from various networks in logs. I think it would be much easier
to exclude possible network config errors and try
to isolate pinging problems by connecting (with
switch or even crossed cable if possible) only 2
boxes with firewalls and other net devices disabled
and try to repeat this pinging with tcpdumps.

Jarek P.


It seems >=2.6.19 and the SuSEfirewall are incompatible.

Turning off the firewall on the laptop cured the problem using 2.6.20-rc2 and 2.6.20-rc3. I thought it was off. On the 64x2 box, the firewall is turned off, so I shall have to reconfigure the network to use the Gigabit ethernet instead of the eepro100 in case I turned it off after seeing the bug on that box, but didn't stop the firewall.
There is still the problem where the ethernet doesn't get configured with acpi=off which I shall post to the acpi devel list, but this is not a showstopper for me. ifconfig eth0 192.168.10.5 returns SIOCSIFFLAGS: Function not implemented.
Thanks and Regards
Sid.
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