intel card one interface goes offline if forcing to 100/full
Asif Iqbal
vadud3 at gmail.com
Wed Mar 11 11:01:01 UTC 2009
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:15 PM, Victor Padro <vpadro at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Asif Iqbal <vadud3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I noticed my intel card has two port connected to two different
>> network through two different switches. I were able to force the eth2
>> to 100/full using ethtool. However eth3 (the second interface)
>> disables as shown in `Link detected:' when forcing it to 100/full
>>
>> default setup up
>>
>> root at host:~# ethtool eth3
>> Settings for eth3:
>> Supported ports: [ TP ]
>> Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
>> 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
>> 1000baseT/Full
>> Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
>> Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
>> 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
>> 1000baseT/Full
>> Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
>> Speed: 100Mb/s
>> Duplex: Half
>> Port: Twisted Pair
>> PHYAD: 1
>> Transceiver: internal
>> Auto-negotiation: on
>> Supports Wake-on: d
>> Wake-on: d
>> Current message level: 0x00000001 (1)
>> Link detected: yes
>>
>> changing it to 100/full from auto
>>
>> root at host:~# ethtool -s eth3 speed 100 duplex full autoneg off
>>
>> right away the link light goes off and the interface stops working.
>>
>> root at host:~# ethtool eth3
>> Settings for eth3:
>> Supported ports: [ TP ]
>> Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
>> 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
>> 1000baseT/Full
>> Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
>> Advertised link modes: Not reported
>> Advertised auto-negotiation: No
>> Speed: Unknown! (65535)
>> Duplex: Unknown! (255)
>> Port: Twisted Pair
>> PHYAD: 1
>> Transceiver: internal
>> Auto-negotiation: off
>> Supports Wake-on: d
>> Wake-on: d
>> Current message level: 0x00000001 (1)
>> Link detected: no
>>
>> to enable the link light back on and to make the interface operational
>> I had to enable the auto negotiation
>>
>> root at host:~# ethtool -s eth3 autoneg on
>>
>>
>> root at host:~# ethtool eth3
>> Settings for eth3:
>> Supported ports: [ TP ]
>> Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
>> 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
>> 1000baseT/Full
>> Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
>> Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
>> 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
>> 1000baseT/Full
>> Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
>> Speed: 100Mb/s
>> Duplex: Half
>> Port: Twisted Pair
>> PHYAD: 1
>> Transceiver: internal
>> Auto-negotiation: on
>> Supports Wake-on: d
>> Wake-on: d
>> Current message level: 0x00000001 (1)
>> Link detected: yes
>>
>>
>> Any idea why it is behaving one second port but not on first port. It
>> is a dual port card.
>>
>> Here is the relevant output from lspci -vvvv
>>
>> 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit
>> Ethernet Controller (rev 06)
>> Subsystem: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Device 125e
>> Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
>> Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
>> Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort-
>> <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
>> Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
>> Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 2299
>> Region 0: Memory at fd8e0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
>> Region 1: Memory at fd8c0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
>> Region 2: I/O ports at 6c00 [size=32]
>> [virtual] Expansion ROM at fd700000 [disabled] [size=128K]
>> Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 2
>> Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
>> PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
>> Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME-
>> Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+
>> Queue=0/0 Enable+
>> Address: 00000000fee0300c Data: 41a9
>> Capabilities: [e0] Express (v1) Endpoint, MSI 00
>> DevCap: MaxPayload 256 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s
>> <512ns, L1 <64us
>> ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE- FLReset-
>> DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal-
>> Unsupported-
>> RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
>> MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
>> DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr+ FatalErr- UnsuppReq+ AuxPwr+
>> TransPend-
>> LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x4, ASPM L0s, Latency
>> L0 <4us, L1 <64us
>> ClockPM- Suprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
>> LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain-
>> CommClk-
>> ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
>> LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x4, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+
>> DLActive-
>> BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
>> Kernel driver in use: e1000e
>> Kernel modules: e1000e
>>
>> 05:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit
>> Ethernet Controller (rev 06)
>> Subsystem: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Device 125e
>> Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
>> Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
>> Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort-
>> <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
>> Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
>> Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 2298
>> Region 0: Memory at fd8a0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
>> Region 1: Memory at fd880000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
>> Region 2: I/O ports at 6800 [size=32]
>> [virtual] Expansion ROM at fd720000 [disabled] [size=128K]
>> Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 2
>> Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
>> PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
>> Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME-
>> Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+
>> Queue=0/0 Enable+
>> Address: 00000000fee0300c Data: 41d9
>> Capabilities: [e0] Express (v1) Endpoint, MSI 00
>> DevCap: MaxPayload 256 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s
>> <512ns, L1 <64us
>> ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE- FLReset-
>> DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal-
>> Unsupported-
>> RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
>> MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
>> DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr+ FatalErr- UnsuppReq+ AuxPwr+
>> TransPend-
>> LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x4, ASPM L0s, Latency
>> L0 <4us, L1 <64us
>> ClockPM- Suprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
>> LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain-
>> CommClk-
>> ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
>> LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x4, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+
>> DLActive-
>> BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
>> Kernel driver in use: e1000e
>> Kernel modules: e1000e
>>
>>
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>> Asif Iqbal
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>> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
>> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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>
> Maybe silly questions, and bad english.
>
> When you change to "ethtool -s eth3 speed 100 duplex full autoneg off" the
> link just goes down forever? or is there any communication/activity between
it has been like this for 5 mins. I had to switch it back to use it now
> the eth3 and the gateway, internet, whatever after 2 or more minutes?
>
> if there isn't communication or even activity that's really odd...perhaps
> you're using a switch which only supports autoneg and not a fixed speed and
> duplex or maybe it's just misconfigured?
>
> I have an init.d script on my debian server(etch) and on my PC ubuntu(hardy)
> which runs everytime they boot up, and both NIC's leds(debian eth0 and eth1)
> turns off and then get back on in a couple minutes max.
> Ubuntu just does the same.
> Mine are Intel Corporation 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller and my switch
> it's a managed 3com gigabit, configured for full duplex 1000Mbps.
>
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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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