[eepro100] eth0:1 vs. eth1:1

Nate Amsden subscriptions@graphon.com
Tue, 13 Mar 2001 10:31:56 -0800


i forgot to mention but it is worth noting

moving from eth1:1 to eth0:1 was done on-the-fly. the problems 
immediately stopped once we did that. no reboot was performed.

nate

Nate Amsden wrote:
> 
> Still haven't heard anything on what this problem could be.
> 
> what we have found:
> 
> having sub interfaces on eth0:1 on a NAT box works perfectly
> having sub interfaces on eth1:1 on a NAT box is *GAURANTEED* to
> lock the machine up _EVERY_SINGLE_DAY_ at least once.
> 
> the card in all 3 of our machines is a dual ported:
> 01:04.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08)
> Subsystem: Intel Corporation EtherExpress PRO/100+ Server Adapter (PILA8470B)
>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
>         Memory at ff8fe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
>         I/O ports at de80
>         Memory at ff700000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
>         Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
> 
> I believe the driver we are using is 1.11a but i also tried
> a newer one 1.20.2.10 with the same results(actually only tried
> the 1.20.2.10 with eth1:1 not with eth0:1).
> 
> once we switched from eth1:1 to eth0:1 the machine in question
> has not crashed or even had a single error in over  a month.
> my original messsage:
> Message-ID:  <3A8C49DC.35878A62@graphon.com>
> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 13:27:56 -0800
> 
> on another note does anyone know of a mainboard that has
> dual 3com ports on it? or a vendor that has a system(1U)
> which does? the eepro(driver/chip/whatever) has prooven
> time and again that its unreliable in the long term.
> 
> thanks
> 
> nate
> 
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