Subject: tg3 appears to be sick in 2.6.33

From: Dmitry Torokhov <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 11:56:31 -0800

Hi,

Ever since I moved post 2.6.32 tg3 seems to be very sick in my Latitude
D630, it discards most of the packages for some reason:

[root@dtor-d630 ~]# ethtool -S eth0 | grep rx_
     rx_octets: 35886
     rx_fragments: 0
     rx_ucast_packets: 9
     rx_mcast_packets: 93
     rx_bcast_packets: 237
     rx_fcs_errors: 0
     rx_align_errors: 0
     rx_xon_pause_rcvd: 0
     rx_xoff_pause_rcvd: 0
     rx_mac_ctrl_rcvd: 0
     rx_xoff_entered: 0
     rx_frame_too_long_errors: 0
     rx_jabbers: 0
     rx_undersize_packets: 0
     rx_in_length_errors: 0
     rx_out_length_errors: 0
     rx_64_or_less_octet_packets: 0
     rx_65_to_127_octet_packets: 0
     rx_128_to_255_octet_packets: 0
     rx_256_to_511_octet_packets: 0
     rx_512_to_1023_octet_packets: 0
     rx_1024_to_1522_octet_packets: 0
     rx_1523_to_2047_octet_packets: 0
     rx_2048_to_4095_octet_packets: 0
     rx_4096_to_8191_octet_packets: 0
     rx_8192_to_9022_octet_packets: 0
     rx_discards: 304
     rx_errors: 0
     rx_threshold_hit: 0

The above on last night pull from Linux (so 2.6.33+).

Everything works fine if I use wireless or another wired card (Realtek in 
cardbus slot):

[root@dtor-d630 ~]# lspci | grep -ri net
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5755M Gigabit 
Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] 
Network Connection (rev 02)

[root@dtor-d630 ~]# ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
        Supported ports: [ TP ]
        Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
                                1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full
        Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
        Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
                                1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full
        Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
        Speed: 1000Mb/s
        Duplex: Full
        Port: Twisted Pair
        PHYAD: 1
        Transceiver: internal
        Auto-negotiation: on
        Supports Wake-on: g
        Wake-on: g
        Current message level: 0x000000ff (255)
        Link detected: yes

Any ideas? Thanks!

-- 
Dmitry