DL380G5 + bnx2 = dropped packages

[Ciro Iriarte]

Hi, I've done a fresh install of SLES10SP2 and the 3 active interfaces are reporting dropped packages. Tried to install the bnx2 driver from latest PSP (8.00), but the procedure fails...

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:FE:74:79:EA
inet addr:10.129.5.118 Bcast:10.129.7.255 Mask:255.255.252.0
inet6 addr: fe80::218:feff:fe74:79ea/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2219458 errors:0 dropped:1458221 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:466440 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:722716836 (689.2 Mb) TX bytes:53500617 (51.0 Mb)
Interrupt:16 Memory:f4000000-f4012100
peth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:FE:74:79:E8
inet6 addr: fe80::218:feff:fe74:79e8/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1935792 errors:0 dropped:1870338 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:51467 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:320596112 (305.7 Mb) TX bytes:75672836 (72.1 Mb)
Interrupt:17 Memory:f6000000-f6012100
peth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:BB:D2:0B:98
inet6 addr: fe80::219:bbff:fed2:b98/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:353671 errors:0 dropped:353670 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:67560 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:71647483 (68.3 Mb) TX bytes:17696391 (16.8 Mb)
Interrupt:19 Memory:fa000000-fa012100

Stock driver:
--eth0--
driver: bnx2
version: 1.6.7c
firmware-version: 1.9.6
bus-info: 0000:03:00.0

--peth1--
driver: bnx2
version: 1.6.7c
firmware-version: 1.9.6
bus-info: 0000:05:00.0

--peth2--
driver: bnx2
version: 1.6.7c
firmware-version: 1.9.6
bus-info: 0000:18:04.0

bnx2-1.7.1d installation attempt:

Installing bnx2-1.7.1d-1.src.rpm
Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.24658
+ umask 022
+ cd /usr/src/packages/BUILD
+ cd /usr/src/packages/BUILD
+ rm -rf bnx2-1.7.1d
+ /usr/bin/bzip2 -dc /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/bnx2-1.7.1d.tar.bz2
+ tar -xvvf -
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-01-15 11:46:29 bnx2-1.7.1d/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 331669 2007-12-27 19:26:23 bnx2-1.7.1d/bnx2.h
-rw-r--r-- root/root 56538 2007-12-27 19:26:23 bnx2-1.7.1d/cnic.c
-rw-r--r-- root/root 15104 2007-12-27 19:26:23 bnx2-1.7.1d/cnic_cm.h
-rw-r--r-- root/root 3160 2007-12-27 19:26:23 bnx2-1.7.1d/Makefile
-rw-r--r-- root/root 4560 2007-12-27 19:26:23 bnx2-1.7.1d/bnx2.4
-rw-r--r-- root/root 60140 2007-12-27 19:26:23 bnx2-1.7.1d/RELEASE.TXT
-rw-r--r-- root/root 4707 2007-12-27 19:26:23 bnx2-1.7.1d/cnic.h
-rw-r--r-- root/root 11934 2007-12-27 19:26:23 bnx2-1.7.1d/README.TXT
-rw-r--r-- root/root 3830 2007-12-27 19:26:23 bnx2-1.7.1d/cnic_if.h
-rw-r--r-- root/root 15153 2007-12-27 19:26:23 bnx2-1.7.1d/LICENSE
-rw-r--r-- root/root 199197 2008-01-15 11:46:29 bnx2-1.7.1d/bnx2.c
-rw-r--r-- root/root 323560 2007-12-27 19:26:23 bnx2-1.7.1d/bnx2_fw2.h
-rw-r--r-- root/root 320036 2007-12-27 19:26:23 bnx2-1.7.1d/bnx2_fw.h
+ STATUS=0
+ '[' 0 -ne 0 ']'
+ cd bnx2-1.7.1d
++ /usr/bin/id -u
+ '[' 0 = 0 ']'
+ /bin/chown -Rhf root .
++ /usr/bin/id -u
+ '[' 0 = 0 ']'
+ /bin/chgrp -Rhf root .
+ /bin/chmod -Rf a+rX,u+w,g-w,o-w .
+ exit 0
Executing(%build): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.24658
+ umask 022
+ cd /usr/src/packages/BUILD
+ /bin/rm -rf /var/tmp/bnx2-buildroot
++ dirname /var/tmp/bnx2-buildroot
+ /bin/mkdir -p /var/tmp
+ /bin/mkdir /var/tmp/bnx2-buildroot
+ cd bnx2-1.7.1d
+ value=
+ '[' -z '' ']'
++ uname -r
+ KVER=2.6.16.60-0.21-xen
+ make KVER=2.6.16.60-0.21-xen
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.16.60-0.21-xen/build SUBDIRS=/usr/src/packages/BUILD/bnx2-1.7.1d modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.16.60-0.21-obj/x86_64/xen'
make -C ../../../linux-2.6.16.60-0.21 O=../linux-2.6.16.60-0.21-obj/x86_64/xen modules
CC [M] /usr/src/packages/BUILD/bnx2-1.7.1d/bnx2.o
In file included from /usr/src/packages/BUILD/bnx2-1.7.1d/bnx2.c:74:
/usr/src/packages/BUILD/bnx2-1.7.1d/bnx2.h:266: error: redefinition of ‘ip_hdr’
/usr/src/linux-2.6.16.60-0.21/include/linux/ip.h:108: error: previous definition of ‘ip_hdr’ was here
make[4]: *** [/usr/src/packages/BUILD/bnx2-1.7.1d/bnx2.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [_module_/usr/src/packages/BUILD/bnx2-1.7.1d] Error 2
make[2]: *** [modules] Error 2
make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.16.60-0.21-obj/x86_64/xen'
make: *** [default] Error 2
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.24658 (%build)

[pllewis]

I've seen the same issue on the DL585 G1.

[toomas_aas]

According to Novell, this error is cosmetic. No packets are actually being dropped. See http://lnk.nu/novell.com/sdr.do