Interesting. I am not using SCSI; I'm using the Dell CERC SATA
controller as well as iptables. I guess I can either of them out and
see what happens.
For reference, Here's my lspci output (minus the e1000 devices I
currently disabled in BIOS):
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82875P/E7210 Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 6300ESB 64-bit PCI-X Bridge (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 6300ESB USB Universal Host
Controller (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 6300ESB USB Universal Host
Controller (rev 02)
00:1d.4 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 6300ESB Watchdog Timer (rev 02)
00:1d.5 PIC: Intel Corp. 6300ESB I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt
Controller (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 6300ESB USB2 Enhanced Host
Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 0a)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 6300ESB LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 6300ESB SATA Storage Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 6300ESB SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:01.0 RAID bus controller: Adaptec AAC-RAID (rev 01)
02:0e.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27)
Thanks for your input.
Greg
Joakim Sernbrant wrote:
> I have installed SL4 on a Dell PE650 without any problems. Not using
> SCSI/iptables though...
>
> [root@trick ~]# uname -a; lsmod; lspci
> Linux trick 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL #1 Tue Apr 19 14:33:20 CDT 2005 i686 i686
> i386 GNU/Linux
> Module Size Used by
> md5 4033 1
> ipv6 232833 14
> parport_pc 24705 0
> lp 12077 0
> parport 37129 2 parport_pc,lp
> autofs4 23237 0
> sunrpc 157093 1
> button 6481 0
> battery 8901 0
> ac 4805 0
> ohci_hcd 21329 0
> e1000 79309 0
> floppy 58481 0
> dm_snapshot 17029 0
> dm_zero 2369 0
> dm_mirror 22957 2
> ext3 116809 2
> jbd 71257 1 ext3
> dm_mod 54741 6 dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks GCNB-LE Host Bridge (rev 32)
> 00:00.1 Host bridge: ServerWorks GCNB-LE Host Bridge
> 00:04.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27)
> 00:05.0 IDE interface: Silicon Image, Inc. (formerly CMD Technology Inc)
> PCI0680 Ultra ATA-133 Host Controller (rev 02)
> 00:0f.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks CSB6 South Bridge (rev a0)
> 00:0f.1 IDE interface: ServerWorks CSB6 RAID/IDE Controller (rev a0)
> 00:0f.2 USB Controller: ServerWorks CSB6 OHCI USB Controller (rev 05)
> 00:0f.3 ISA bridge: ServerWorks GCLE-2 Host Bridge
> 00:10.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks CIOB-E I/O Bridge with Gigabit Ethernet
> (rev 12)
> 00:10.2 Host bridge: ServerWorks CIOB-E I/O Bridge with Gigabit Ethernet
> (rev 12)
> 01:03.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82546EB Gigabit Ethernet
> Controller (Copper) (rev 01)
> 01:03.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82546EB Gigabit Ethernet
> Controller (Copper) (rev 01)
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [log in to unmask]
>>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>>Behalf Of Gregory Harris
>>Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 23:40
>>To: John Franks
>>Cc: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: SL4 on dell poweredge 750 problems
>>
>>I have been doing more investigation on this issue. You are
>>right about
>>the ethernet drivers. But it does not only happen when using ssh, it
>>also happens at the console until a ping packet (or some
>>other network
>>activity) brings the race condition back to normal.
>>
>>After disabling the two onboard e1000 network ports and installing a
>>3c905 network card, the race condition no longer occurs. So
>>I believe
>>that there is a problem with the e1000 kernel module causing a race
>>condition. I have only been able to verify this on the
>>PowerEdge 750.
>>If anybody else has an e1000 card and would like to test this
>>it would
>>be great, but I would wager this problem exists on all
>>systems with the
>>e1000 driver.
>>
>>I guess for now, I will sit it out with a different network card
>>replacing the onboard one until the upstream vendor releases a new
>>kernel fix.
>>
>>Greg
>>
>>John Franks wrote:
>>
>>>Does this happen only when using ssh? If so, I would suspect issues
>>>with the ethernet drivers. There have been problems with
>>
>>the drivers
>>
>>>for some Broadcom devices. You might check out redhat bugzilla.
>>>
>>>On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 09:08 -0500, Gregory Harris wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi Folks,
>>>>
>>>>SL4 works great on all of the Dell Optiplex GX280's I've
>>
>>tried it on.
>>
>>>>However, I'm having some rather mysterious behavior on a
>>
>>dell poweredge
>>
>>>>750. Dell has said they will start certifying hardware and
>>
>>officially
>>
>>>>supporting the vendor's enterprise 4 operating system next
>>
>>month, so it
>>
>>>>may not be worth the effort to try to figure this out. Anyhow, I
>>>>thought I'd sent to the list and see if anybody else is having any
>>>>issues like this.
>>>>
>>>>1. Sometimes, processes just seem to hang. I've noticed
>>
>>this over an
>>
>>>>SSH session, a lot of times when using the yum command. I
>>
>>ssh in to the
>>
>>>>server and see the process still in the process table.
>>>>
>>>>2. Doing a 'service iptables restart', the system stalls on the
>>>>"Unloading iptables modules:". If I go to a different
>>
>>window and ping
>>
>>>>the server, the iptables service restart resumes.
>>>>
>>>>These issues aren't sounding like userland issues to me,
>>
>>although they
>>
>>>>very well could be. Here are the kernel modules the
>>
>>machine is using:
>>
>>>>Module Size Used by
>>>>ipt_REJECT 10561 1
>>>>ipt_state 5825 14
>>>>ip_conntrack 45701 1 ipt_state
>>>>iptable_filter 6721 1
>>>>ip_tables 21441 3 ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter
>>>>md5 8001 1
>>>>ipv6 238945 16
>>>>parport_pc 27905 0
>>>>lp 15405 0
>>>>parport 37641 2 parport_pc,lp
>>>>autofs4 22085 0
>>>>nfs 200997 6
>>>>lockd 65129 2 nfs
>>>>sunrpc 137637 9 nfs,lockd
>>>>dm_mod 57157 0
>>>>button 10449 0
>>>>battery 12869 0
>>>>ac 8773 0
>>>>uhci_hcd 32473 0
>>>>ehci_hcd 31813 0
>>>>e1000 82253 0
>>>>floppy 58065 0
>>>>ext3 118473 3
>>>>jbd 59481 1 ext3
>>>>ata_piix 12357 0
>>>>libata 44229 1 ata_piix
>>>>aacraid 44529 4
>>>>sd_mod 20545 5
>>>>scsi_mod 116301 3 libata,aacraid,sd_mod
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>Greg
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>--
>>
>>Gregory Harris
>>Network Specialist
>>Department of Mathematics
>>The University of Kansas
>>[log in to unmask]
>>(785) 864-7311
>>
>
>
>
>
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Gregory Harris
Network Specialist
Department of Mathematics
The University of Kansas
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(785) 864-7311
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