http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615761
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615761#c34
--- Comment #34 from Camaleon --
Does the BIOS on the system allow ASPM to be disabled? If so can you try disabling it and give it a try?
BIOS capabilities are very limited. No, I'm afraid there is none related with ASPM (I only can enable/disable the ethernet adapter but nothing more). I've also tried passing "pcie_aspm=off" parameter to the kernel but seems to have no effect: (with kernel 2.6.34) test@linux-5qwj:~> dmesg | grep aspm; dmesg | grep e1000e [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: root=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-SAMSUNG_VG38404A__8.4_0-0:0-part2 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-SAMSUNG_VG38404A__8.4_0-0:0-part1 splash=silent quiet vga=0x317 pcie_aspm=off [ 0.619891] pci 0000:01:00.0: disabling ASPM on pre-1.1 PCIe device. You can enable it with 'pcie_aspm=force' [ 0.620212] pci 0000:02:00.0: disabling ASPM on pre-1.1 PCIe device. You can enable it with 'pcie_aspm=force' [ 0.620848] pci 0000:05:00.0: disabling ASPM on pre-1.1 PCIe device. You can enable it with 'pcie_aspm=force' [ 13.266572] e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - 1.2.8-NAPI [ 13.266576] e1000e: Copyright(c) 1999 - 2010 Intel Corporation. [ 13.266631] e1000e 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 [ 13.266656] e1000e 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 13.267015] e1000e 0000:02:00.0: irq 29 for MSI/MSI-X [ 13.267035] e1000e 0000:02:00.0: Disabling ASPM L0s [ 13.531569] e1000e 0000:02:00.0: (unregistered net_device): NVM Read Error while reading MAC address [ 13.531876] e1000e 0000:02:00.0: (unregistered net_device): Invalid MAC Address: 00:00:00:00:00:00 [ 13.542407] e1000e 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A disabled [ 13.542417] e1000e: probe of 0000:02:00.0 failed with error -5 (with kernel 2.6.35) test@linux-5qwj:~> dmesg | grep aspm; dmesg | grep e1000e [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: root=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-SAMSUNG_VG38404A__8.4_0-0:0-part2 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-SAMSUNG_VG38404A__8.4_0-0:0-part1 splash=silent quiet vga=0x317 pcie_aspm=off [ 0.607913] pci 0000:01:00.0: disabling ASPM on pre-1.1 PCIe device. You can enable it with 'pcie_aspm=force' [ 0.608232] pci 0000:02:00.0: disabling ASPM on pre-1.1 PCIe device. You can enable it with 'pcie_aspm=force' [ 0.608860] pci 0000:05:00.0: disabling ASPM on pre-1.1 PCIe device. You can enable it with 'pcie_aspm=force' [ 16.238851] e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - 1.0.2-k4 [ 16.238854] e1000e: Copyright (c) 1999 - 2009 Intel Corporation. [ 16.238911] e1000e 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 [ 16.238937] e1000e 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 16.239141] e1000e 0000:02:00.0: irq 45 for MSI/MSI-X [ 16.239316] e1000e 0000:02:00.0: Disabling ASPM L0s [ 16.294535] e1000e 0000:02:00.0: (unregistered net_device): NVM Read Error while reading MAC address [ 16.294551] e1000e 0000:02:00.0: (unregistered net_device): Invalid MAC Address: 00:00:00:00:00:00 [ 16.304777] e1000e 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A disabled [ 16.304784] e1000e: probe of 0000:02:00.0 failed with error -
Is this still happening on 2.6.35 now that it's released?
Yes, it is still happening (see my comment #32 on Novell's bugzilla) https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615761#c32
We need to narrow this down more than it is so we can see what has changed. It does seem that this is broken on 2.6.34 but since we don't have one of these systems (and haven't seen this for some time now) it's going to be very hard for us to narrow down the actual changes that could be causing the problem.
I know, it's hard to diagnose... what puzzles me most is not seeing more reports/complaints about this, as this should a very common NIC chipset :-? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.