Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Sun, 03 Apr 2005 03:26:32 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.9 Adaptec 4 Port Starfire Sickness |
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jmerkey wrote: > With linux 2.6.9 running at 192 MB/S network loading and protocol > splitting drivers routing packets out of > a 2.6.9 device at full 100 mb/s (12.5 MB/S) simultaneously over 4 ports, > the adaptec starfire driver goes into > constant Tx FIFO reconfiguration mode and after 3-4 days of constantly > resetting the Tx FIFO window and > generating a deluge of messages such as: > > ethX: PCI bus congestion, resetting Tx FIFO window to X bytes > > pouring into the system log file at a rate of a dozen per minute. After > several days, the PCI bus totally locks up > and hangs the system. Need a config option to allow the starfire to > disable this feature. At very > high bus loading rates, the starfire card will completely lock the bus > after 3-4 days > of constant Tx FIFO reconfiguration at very high data rates with > protocol splitting and routing.
The feature doesn't need disabling; just modify the driver to stop the flapping.
Jeff
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