Re: ixg tester needed (was Re: Problems with netbsd-8 RC1 and ixg drivers (?))

[Masanobu SAITOH <msaitoh%execsw.org@localhost>]

Hello, Uew.

On 2018/05/29 14:59, 6bone%6bone.informatik.uni-leipzig.de@localhost wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have tested the the patch with netbsd-8. The problem is not solved.

Thanks.

 It seems that the occurrence of this problem is depend on the
hardware configuration. I've never seen this problem on some
machines.

 Today, I could set up a system that this RX stall problem occurs
quickly (in a few minutes). I don't know if I can fix this problem soon.


 Thanks.



> Regards
> Uwe
>
>
> On Mon, 28 May 2018, Masanobu SAITOH wrote:
>
> > Date: Mon, 28 May 2018 17:10:02 +0900
> > From: Masanobu SAITOH <msaitoh%execsw.org@localhost>
> > To: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>,
> >     6bone%6bone.informatik.uni-leipzig.de@localhost, current-users%netbsd.org@localhost
> > Cc: msaitoh%execsw.org@localhost
> > Subject: ixg tester needed (was Re: Problems with netbsd-8 RC1 and ixg drivers
> >      (?))
> >
> > On 2018/05/28 16:51, Martin Husemann wrote:
> > > On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 09:46:21AM +0200, 6bone%6bone.informatik.uni-leipzig.de@localhost wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > At the weekend I tried to update to a current version of netbsd-8 rc1.
> > > >
> > > > After the restart, the kernel will work for a few hours. After that, no
> > > > packets will arrive at the network card.
> >
> >
> > Please try the following patch who are using ixg(4) on netbsd-8 or -current:
> >
> >     http://www.netbsd.org/~msaitoh/ixgbe-eitr-20180522-0.dif
> >
> > This change might fix RX stall problem. If you got TX device timeout or
> > RX stall,  please report with the output of:
> >
> >     sysctl hw |grep ixg
> >
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> >
> >
> > > > The server is running normally. No
> > > > hints in dmesg.
> > > >
> > > > Some network programs report issues:
> > > >
> > > > zebra[371]: rtm_write: write : No buffer space available (55)
> > > >
> > > > syslogd[541]: recvfrom() unix `/var/run/log': No buffer space available
> > > >
> > > > gate zebra[1423]: routing socket error: No buffer space available
> > >
> > > You are seeing two different issues here. The "No buffer space" is considered
> > > harmless (it used to be silent, but the lossage should be the same).
> > >
> > > The ixg(4) stops receiving packets is under investigation, RC2 is waiting
> > > for a proposed patch being tested.
> > >
> > > Martin
> >
> >
> > --
> > -----------------------------------------------
> >                SAITOH Masanobu (msaitoh%execsw.org@localhost
> >                                 msaitoh%netbsd.org@localhost)


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