Re: [E1000-devel] Query regarding igb driver

[nandakumar r. <nan...@gm...>]

Hi John,

Sorry to trouble you again. I was facing the below problem which was
reported in sourceforge.

http://sourceforge.net/p/e1000/bugs/349/

I also get the similar message as reported in the bug.

*igb 0000:01:00.0: Detected Tx Unit Hang*
*
*
Can you please tell me if this bug is fixed in the latest version of igb
driver 4.1.2 as I see the status of the bug is still Open. But somehow I am
not seeing ethernet driver failing in the newer version of the driver.

Can you please clarify the above?

Thanks for your help in advance.

Thanks,
Nandakumar Raghavan


On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 7:58 AM, nandakumar raghavan <
nan...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> Nandakumar Raghavan
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 10:48 PM, Ronciak, John <joh...@in...>wrote:
>
>>  No you can’t do that.  The Sourceforge/Intel download driver has a
>> kernel compatibility module which resolves the differences in the kernel so
>> that the driver compiles.  So you if you need to update the driver on an
>> older kernel you should be using the latest available for download from
>> Intel or our Sourceforge site, e1000.sf.net.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Cheers,****
>>
>> John****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *From:* nandakumar raghavan [mailto:nan...@gm...]
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 26, 2013 9:09 AM
>> *To:* Ronciak, John
>> *Cc:* e10...@li...
>> *Subject:* RE: [E1000-devel] Query regarding igb driver****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Hi John,****
>>
>> Thanks for your quick reply.****
>>
>> Just one more query - Is it possible to use the igb driver from the
>> upstream kernel without upgrading the kernel? I faced some issues when I
>> tried compiling the driver present in the latest kernel on my running
>> kernel which is older (3.0.x). But the driver downloaded from
>> Intel/Sourceforge compiles successfully without any issues and I was able
>> to load the driver. ****
>>
>> Thanks,****
>>
>> Nandakumar Raghavan****
>>
>> On Feb 26, 2013 10:21 PM, "Ronciak, John" <joh...@in...> wrote:
>> ****
>>
>> The Sourceforge/Intel download version is very close to what is in the
>> upstream kernel today.  If you are using an older kernel the
>> Sourceforge/Intel download driver then was very close to what was in the
>> upstream kernel then.  The drivers are always improving and changing both
>> for bug fixes and adding new HW support.  Using the latest driver is always
>> a good idea if you run into a problem.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> John
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: nandakumar raghavan [mailto:nan...@gm...]
>> > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 5:21 AM
>> > To: e10...@li...
>> > Subject: [E1000-devel] Query regarding igb driver
>> >
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > I am not sure whether this is the correct forum to ask this question.
>> > I am currently facing a problem with the older version of the igb
>> > driver where it looks like the ethernet driver is failing. I downloaded
>> > the latest driver from Intel (4.1.2) and tried compiling and it looks
>> > like the problem is solved.
>> >
>> > Could you please clarify why the igb driver source present in the
>> > kernel source taken from kernel.org is different from the one which I
>> > downloaded from Intel?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Nandakumar Raghavan****
>>
>
>