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e1000 detected Tx Unit Hang

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 1

Situation

On a system equipped with Intel Gigabit LAN Controllers 82547, 82541GI  etc., timeouts and lock-ups have been experienced. Sometimes the system does completely hang and a restart is necessary.
The messages in /var/log/message or with the command dmesg look like the following:
e1000: eth1: e1000_clean_tx_irq: Detected Tx Unit Hang
Tx Queue <0>
TDH <ba>
TDT <fa>
next_to_use <fa>
next_to_clean <b4>
buffer_info[next_to_clean]
time_stamp <2ab08d>
next_to_watch <bc>
jiffies <2ab275>
next_to_watch.status <0>
e1000: eth1: e1000_clean_tx_irq: Detected Tx Unit Hang
Tx Queue <0>
TDH <ba>
TDT <fa>
next_to_use <fa>
next_to_clean <b4>
buffer_info[next_to_clean]
time_stamp <2ab08d>
next_to_watch <bc>
jiffies <2ab469>
next_to_watch.status <0>
e1000: eth1: e1000_clean_tx_irq: Detected Tx Unit Hang
Tx Queue <0>
TDH <ba>
TDT <fa>
next_to_use <fa>
next_to_clean <b4>
buffer_info[next_to_clean]
time_stamp <2ab08d>
next_to_watch <bc>
jiffies <2ab65d>
next_to_watch.status <0>
e1000: eth1: e1000_clean_tx_irq: Detected Tx Unit Hang

Resolution

Check with the command:
# /usr/sbin/ethtool -k ethX
whether TSO is on; If it is the case, turn it off with the command:
# /usr/sbin/ethtool -K ethX tso off
 
If this does not help, it is recommended to check the link configuration and/or update to the latest intel-e1000-kmp-* package.

Additional Information


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  • Document ID:7000925
  • Creation Date: 14-Jul-2008
  • Modified Date:03-Mar-2020
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

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