Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 6638] New: tg3 output freezes on compaq nc6000

From: "Michael Chan" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 14:23:55 -0700

On Fri, 2006-06-02 at 11:22 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Jun 2006 05:40:51 -0700
> [email-masked] wrote:
> 
> > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6638
> > 
> >            Summary: tg3 output freezes on compaq nc6000
> >     Kernel Version: 2.6.16.19
> >             Status: NEW
> >           Severity: normal
> >              Owner: [email-masked]
> >          Submitter: [email-masked]
> > 
> > 
> > Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: none
> > Distribution: Debian Sarge with latest kernel
> > Hardware Environment: compaq nc6000
> > Software Environment: 
> > Problem Description: 
> > The output engine of the tg3 driver freezes when generating high load.
> > 
> > `ifconfig' shows incomming packets, however, outgoing counter is not incremented
> > any more.
> > 
Please provide:

1. tg3 probing output during ifconfig up.
2. /proc/interrupts output to see if interrupt counter is increasing
after failure.
3. "ethtool -d eth0 > dump" after the failure.