Re: em interrupt storm

From: Julian Elischer <julian_at_elischer.org>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:17:26 -0800
Michael Vince wrote:

> Kris Kennaway wrote:
>
>>
>>
> This is Intels latest server chipset designs and Dell are putting that 
> chipset in all their servers.
> Luckily I haven't not seen the problem on any of my Dell servers (as 
> long as I am looking at this right).
>

I just tried intel's latest em driver (3.2.18) with 6 interfaces on a 
4.10 system on a dell 2850 server.
(E7525 chipset I think)
The result was the system hanging (couldn't do anything other than enter 
the debugger).
backtraces showed tight loops in the em interrupt routines.

Not sure if it's related yet.
Received on Thu Nov 24 2005 - 04:17:29 UTC

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