Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:02:17 -0700 | From | Auke Kok <> | Subject | Re: Network problem with 2.6.18-mm1 ? |
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Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote: > > I am unable to get networking to work with 2.6.18-mm1 on my system. > > But 2.6.18 kernel on same system works fine. Here is some info about > the system/debug attempts. Attached are the lspci output and config. > > Appreciate any help. Please let me know if you need more info. > > Suka > > System info: > > x326, 2 CPU (AMD Opteron Processor 250) > > Kernel info: > > $ uname -a > Linux elm3b166 2.6.18-mm1 #4 SMP PREEMPT Tue Sep 26 18:11:58 PDT 2006 > x86_64 GNU/Linux > > Config tokens differing between the 2.6.18 kernel that works and > the 2.6.18-mm1 that does not are: > > Tokens in 2.6.18 but not in 2.6.18-mm1 config > > CONFIG_SCSI_FC_ATTRS=y > CONFIG_SCSI_SATA_SIL=y > CONFIG_SCSI_SATA=y > > Tokens in 2.6.18-mm1 but not in 2.6.18 config > > CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL=y > CONFIG_SATA_SIL=y > CONFIG_ATA=y > CONFIG_ARCH_POPULATES_NODE_MAP=y > CONFIG_CRYPTO_ALGAPI=y > CONFIG_MICROCODE_OLD_INTERFACE=y > CONFIG_BLOCK=y > CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L1_COMPAT=y > CONFIG_ZONE_DMA=y > CONFIG_FB_DDC=y > > All drivers compiled into kernel in both cases. > > Debug info: > > Checked hardware connections :-) > (Rebooting on 2.6.18 kernel works - consistently) > > $ ethtool -i eth0 > driver: e1000 > version: 7.2.7-k2 > firmware-version: N/A > > $ ip addr > seems fine (up, broadcasting etc) > > $ ip -s link > shows no errors/drops/overruns > > $ ip route > shows the correct gw > > $ ethtool -S eth0 > > shows non-zero tx/rx packets/bytes but *rx_missed_errors* > quite large (~138K) and increasing over time > > $ ping <own-ip-addr> > works fine > > $ ping <gateway> > no response. > > $ tcpdump -i eth0 host <broken-host> > > while pinging gateway, tcpdump shows messages like: > > 18:03:45.936161 arp who-has <gateway> tell <broken-host> > > (Config file and lspci output are attached)
how about dmesg? Perhaps it shows some valuable information.
also, since this is a networking problem, please include `ifconfig eth0` and the full output of `ethtool eth0` and `ethtool -S eth0`
Cheers,
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