FS#11758 - NIC drops packets

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Dmitry Zhukov (jeefo) - Wednesday, 15 October 2008, 23:32 GMT
Last edited by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Sunday, 09 November 2008, 13:28 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Kernel
Status Closed
Assigned To Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Thomas Bächler (brain0)
Architecture x86_64
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version None
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

After updating to the latest kernel (2.6.27) through pacman, the integrated NIC started to show constantly increasing drop.

here:
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1D:7D:71:4A:EE
inet addr:192.168.1.100 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:256808 errors:0 dropped:149382090388 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:450501 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:19396165 (18.4 Mb) TX bytes:253111264 (241.3 Mb)
Interrupt:253 Base address:0xc000

RX packets:259683 errors:0 dropped:155600771694 overruns:0 frame:0
RX packets:259712 errors:0 dropped:155666645709 overruns:0 frame:0
RX packets:259893 errors:0 dropped:155717765134 overruns:0 frame:0
RX packets:259922 errors:0 dropped:155765771661 overruns:0 frame:0
RX packets:259950 errors:0 dropped:155805766440 overruns:0 frame:0

Yes, this is somewhat crazy numbers, i've got that last 5 lines in 2-3 secons from the ifconfig output.

Intergrate NIC on Gigabyte's G31-S2L Mainboard:
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)

running in 1000mbps mode:

Settings for eth1:
Supported ports: [ TP ]
Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Full
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Full
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Speed: 1000Mb/s
Duplex: Full
Port: Twisted Pair
PHYAD: 0
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: on
Supports Wake-on: pumbg
Wake-on: g
Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
Link detected: yes

It worked fine when i used 2.6.26.
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Closed by  Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Sunday, 09 November 2008, 13:28 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by Dmitry Zhukov (jeefo) - Thursday, 16 October 2008, 08:35 GMT
just rolled back to 2.6.26, and it's show's drop too, sorry for disinformation, maybe i just haven't noticed that before.

compiled & installed Realtek's r8168 driver from http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=13&PFid=5&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false, that driver works fine for me:

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1D:7D:71:4A:EE
inet addr:192.168.1.100 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:44355 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:67942 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:4492727 (4.2 Mb) TX bytes:81823613 (78.0 Mb)
Interrupt:253 Base address:0xc000

but is there a way to use standard r8169 drivers or get fix for them ?

Category probably shoult be changed from "System" to "Kernel".
Comment by Thomas Bächler (brain0) - Friday, 17 October 2008, 07:00 GMT
Could you please search the kernel.org bugtracker for this problem?
Comment by Dmitry Zhukov (jeefo) - Monday, 20 October 2008, 13:44 GMT
yup, found similar bug report on kernel's bugtracker: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10180
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Sunday, 26 October 2008, 20:52 GMT
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=17604&action=view
this should be added on next rebuild

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