Bug#521353: linux-image-2.6.26-1-686: sky2 driver vlan problem
Package: linux-image-2.6.26-1-686
Version: 2.6.26-13lenny2
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system
when vlan is enabled, following error occurs:
(after a while, it'll completely overwhelm the system and render the whole
system unresponsive, this also happens on amd64 systems)
(excerpt from syslog)
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Mar 26 14:54:22 TestRT kernel: [ 363.750492] sky2 eth0: rx length error: status 0xae2300 length 174
Mar 26 14:54:26 TestRT kernel: [ 367.642292] sky2 eth0: rx length error: status 0x3c2300 length 60
Mar 26 14:54:29 TestRT kernel: [ 370.816289] sky2 eth0: rx length error: status 0x3c2100 length 60
Mar 26 14:54:31 TestRT kernel: [ 372.866325] sky2 eth0: rx length error: status 0x5a2100 length 90
Mar 26 14:54:42 TestRT kernel: [ 384.054210] sky2 eth0: rx length error: status 0x3c2300 length 60
Mar 26 14:55:05 TestRT kernel: [ 407.315136] sky2 eth0: rx length error: status 0x662300 length 102
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here's the lspci output for then device in question:
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
Subsystem: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Device 5221
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: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 221
Region 0: Memory at fddfc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Region 2: I/O ports at be00 [size=256]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at fda00000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [48] 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: [50] Vital Product Data <?>
Capabilities: [5c] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable+
Address: 00000000fee0100c Data: 41d1
Capabilities: [e0] Express (v1) Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s unlimited, L1 unlimited
ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE- FLReset-
DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 2048 bytes
DevSta: CorrErr+ UncorrErr+ FatalErr- UnsuppReq+ AuxPwr+ TransPend-
LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s, Latency L0 <256ns, L1 unlimited
ClockPM- Suprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 128 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+
ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting <?>
Kernel driver in use: sky2
Kernel modules: sky2
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
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