Re: Bringing up secondary rtl8169-based interface causes networkhang/dma issues

[Shane Arnold]

Well it seems I have solved it by disabling APIC and MSI/MSI-X 
interrupts. Both NIC's up and playing nicely.

Now just to figure out why it's not communicating with anything...

Thanks Francois!

Francois Romieu wrote:
> Shane Arnold <clontarf_x@xxxxxxxxxxxx> :
> [...]
> > The issue I am having is when bringing up a second Ethernet interface  
> > that uses the rtl8169 driver, it seems to cause network issues. I lose  
> > all network connectivity to the machine, and I simultaneously see a DMA  
> > error occur for my primary IDE drive.
> >
> > Two interfaces:
> >
> > Quote:
> > eth0 (rtl8168 (using rtl8169 driver) - Onboard PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet)
> > eth1 (rtl8169 (using rtl8169 driver) - RTL8169 PCI Gigabit Ethernet)
>                        ^^^^^^^
> Do you mean the in-kernel r8169 driver or Realtek's one ?
>
> > The chipset running the IDE drive that experiences the DMA crash is:
> >
> > Quote:
> > ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller (atiixp)
> > Vitals:
> >
> > Debian 5.0.1 @ Kernel 2.6.30
> >
> > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge
> > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 9602
> > 00:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge  
> > (PCIE port 2)
> > 00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA  
> > Controller [IDE mode]
> > 00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0  
> > Controller
> > 00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
> > 00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
> > 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0  
> > Controller
> > 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
> > 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
> > 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3a)
> > 00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller
> > 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller
> > 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
> > 00:14.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI2  
> > Controller
> > 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]  
> > HyperTransport Technology Configuration
> > 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]  
> > Address Map
> > 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]  
> > DRAM Controller
> > 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]  
> > Miscellaneous Control
> > 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3200  
> > Graphics
> > 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.  
> > RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
> > 03:07.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04)
> > 03:07.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy Game Port (rev 04)
> > 03:07.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (rev 04)
>
> The second (PCI only ?) network card is plugged and lspci does not display
> it, right ?
>
> > The output from kern.log is as follows (right after bringing the link up)
>
> Please send a complete dmesg from boot and the content of /proc/interrupts
> once the link is brought up.
>
> [...]
> > If you guys need any package versions just ask. Also feel free to point  
> > me in the direction of a better place to post this issue.
>
> It is suggested to send network related problems to netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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