[pve-devel] bnx2 driver crashing

[Dietmar Maurer]

> so maybe debian and redhat add some patches to prevent it ?

The redhat/debian driver does not support newer cards (that is why we include
the sources from Broadcom).

We had simply to many customers complaining that the driver does not work at all.

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> found this on redhat (a lot of patches) :
> [Broadcom 5.6 FEAT] Update bnx2 to 2.0.8+
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> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=568601
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> The following upstream patches have been applied to these rpms.
>   1. netdev: Remove redundant checks for CAP_NET_ADMIN
>   2. bnx2: avoid compiler errors
>   3. bnx2: EEH is failing without timout
>   4. bnx2: protect tx_timeout_reset with rtnl_lock()
>   5. bnx2: dump some state during tx_timeout()
>   6. bnx2: print warning when unable to allocate
>   7. bnx2: read firmware version from VPD
>   8. bnx2: update version to 2.0.3
>   9. bnx2: Refine VPD logic
>  10. bnx2: reset_task is crashing the kernel  11. bnx2: Fix bnx2_netif_stop()
> merge error  12. bnx2: Flush the register writes which setup the MSI-X  13. bnx2:
> Refine statistics code  14. bnx2: Save statistics during reset  15. net: remove
> HAVE_ leftovers  16. bnx2: Check BNX2_FLAG_USING_MSIX flag  17. bnx2: Need
> to call cnic_setup_cnic_irq_info() after  18. bnx2: Adjust flow control water
> marks  19. bnx2: Allow for user-specific multiple advertisement speed  20. bnx2:
> Fix bug when saving statistics  21. bnx2: Update firmwares and update version to
> 2.0.8
> 
> To get the "2.0.8+" part, incorporate patches in RHEL6:
>   1. bnx2: Fix netpoll crash
>   2. bnx2: Use proper handler during netpoll
>   3. bnx2: Update 5709 MIPS firmware mips = 5.0.0j15 rv2p = j10
>   4. bnx2: Fix hang during rmmod bnx2
>   5. bnx2: Always enable MSI-X on 5709
> 
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> ----- Mail original -----
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> De: "Dietmar Maurer" <dietmar at proxmox.com>
> À: "Alexandre DERUMIER" <aderumier at odiso.com>, pve-
> devel at pve.proxmox.com
> Envoyé: Dimanche 18 Septembre 2011 08:56:26
> Objet: RE: [pve-devel] bnx2 driver crashing
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> > another user on the forum have add same bug with 2.6.32-4-pve (Is it
> > also redhat src based ?)
> 
> no, it is not redhat based. But we use the bnx2 driver from Broadcom in both
> versions.
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> > http://forum.proxmox.com/threads/7012-FATAL!-BUG-in-bnx2-module-eth0-
> > got-disconnected
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> > Seem to be a problem with msi-x and bnx2 driver, I have see a lot of
> > bugreport with this problem on redhat and centos.
> > centos workaround is : #
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432451
> > echo "options bnx2 disable_msi=1" > /etc/modprobe.d/bnx2
> >
> > I have add the options, I hope it'll correct the problem.
> 
> Please report back if that helps,
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> - Dietmar
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