Bug#591523: bnx2 unresponsive when there is no network activity

[mbo <mbodbg@gmx.net>]

Jonathan,

see my answers below.

Thanks 

Markus

Am 30.11.2011 um 07:20 schrieb Jonathan Nieder:

> mbo wrote:
> 
>> On one server I fixed the problem by installing the latest bnx driver.
>> 
>> NIC:  Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5716 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20) 
>> 
>> driver: bnx2
>> version: 2.0.23b
>> firmware-version: 5.0.13 bc 5.0.11 NCSI 2.0.5
> 
> That's good to hear.  Did you upgrade only the bnx driver, or the entire
> kernel?  What kernel version are you using on that machine?  ("cat
> /proc/version" should say, in parentheses.)

Linux version 2.6.32-5-amd64 (Debian 2.6.32-38) (ben@decadent.org.uk) (gcc version 4.3.5 (Debian 4.3.5-4) ) #1 SMP Mon Oct 3 03:59:20 UTC 2011

> 
>> However I have an other Server where the problem still persists,
>> even with the latest debian updates.
> 
> Which one is the machine you originally used to make this report?
> Please file a new report from the other machine, so we can compare the
> two setups.
Actually I don't know exactly, but we had the problem also with various version of debian lenny.
> 
>> I have Nagios monitoring the server pinging the server every minute.
>> Then the problem never appears.
> 
> Interesting.
> 
>> Do you have the same hardware and the same problem?
> 
> No, alas.  My kernel bugs are entirely separate from this one.  I'm
> just nosy.
> 
> Thanks for the update.
> Jonathan