Re: NetXen NX3031 failing test, reporting link down, not working

From: Marc Haber
Date: Sun Dec 12 2010 - 14:38:13 EST


On Mon, Dec 06, 2010 at 06:17:27PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> I have HP DL 120 G6 with two Quad-GE Cards based on NetXen NX3031 (rev
> 42) [4040:0100]. The boxes are running with a grml daily image with
> kernel 2.6.36.1 for the time being, and the NetXens are giving me a
> hard time.
>
> They work fine when I have two NetXens connected back-to-back (at
> least I can ping the other side), but they do not work when one of the
> NetXen Interfaces is connected to an HP ProCurve 2848.

Just for the record, the NetXens work fine even against a ProCurve
under Windows Server 2008 R2. This is thus a clear Linux issue.

I have filed bug #24792 in bugzilla. Is there anything more I can do
do pin down the issue (or to help pinning it down)?

Greetings
Marc

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