On Mon, Feb 28, 2000 at 01:28:05PM -0500, Jon Rifkin wrote:
> > > number of RX packets as steadily increasing. Once this number
> > > reaches 2147483647 (2^31-1) after about 6 days it stops
> > > increasing and remains constant. After another 6 days, presumably
> > > when 2^32 packets have passed by, the interface stops reading packets.
> > > The only solution I've found it to reboot the system.
>
> > The most important information is missing. What is the ethernet board
> > driver you are using?
>
>
> The board is an Intel Etherexpress Pro 10/100, the driver is eepro100.c,
> CONFIG_EEXPRESS_PRO100=y was defined in /usr/src/linux/.config
> when the kernel was compiled.
>
> Here's what the kernel reports on startup..
>
> eth1: OEM i82557/i82558 10/100 Ethernet at 0xe8e0, 00:90:27:3A:70:30, IRQ 14.
> Board assembly 697680-002, Physical connectors present: RJ45
> Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
> General self-test: passed.
> Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
> Internal registers self-test: passed.
> ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x24c9f043).
> Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
>
>
> Anything else?
>
> Thanks again for your time.
We had this exact same problem in 2.2.14. Actually, it happened on eth1
with a machine with four eepro100 cards. I was able to login through
eth0 and remove/reinsert the eepro100 modules to fix it.
I _think_ the patch that went into 2.2.15preX may fix it (I've seen the
counters stopping at 2^31-1 but things still working with this patch),
but now that you mention that it seems to take another 2^31 packets
before it actually dies, perhaps it's not fixed (the machine has been
rebooted since). I've seen both eth0 and eth1 at 2^31-1 before the
reboot.
I suppose I could leave "ping -f" running for a while and see what
happens... :)
Simon-
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