Kernel 4.15.18-9 incompatible with 10 Gbps card
- Thread starter tuantv
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I'm pretty sure we saw exactly this sort of behavior ourselves on the embedded SFP+ Intel 10G ports of a set of 3 supermicro servers we have when we upgraded from the 4.4 to 4.15 kernel during a proxmox upgrade. The motherboard they were built into was the X10SDV-TP8F. We technically had issues on the older 4.4 kernel too, but we could run 'ethtool -t $iface' and it would magically come up, so we put that in our /etc/network/interfaces as a pre-up script ... that hack stopped working with the 4.15 kernel.
We contacted supermicro and they sent us firmware updates to flash to the NIC, etc. Nothing worked.
We ended up biting the bullet and purchased X710-DA2 cards and stopped using the onboard NICs. We used all the same cables and switches and everything worked with the new NICs. It was one of the weirdest things I've ever seen.
We contacted supermicro and they sent us firmware updates to flash to the NIC, etc. Nothing worked.
We ended up biting the bullet and purchased X710-DA2 cards and stopped using the onboard NICs. We used all the same cables and switches and everything worked with the new NICs. It was one of the weirdest things I've ever seen.
Code:
lspci | grep SFP
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection X552 10 GbE SFP+
04:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection X552 10 GbE SFP+
[root@proxmox1.p10atl ~]# ethtool -i eno7
driver: ixgbe
version: 5.1.0-k
firmware-version: 0x800006b1
expansion-rom-version:
bus-info: 0000:04:00.0
supports-statistics: yes
supports-test: yes
supports-eeprom-access: yes
supports-register-dump: yes
supports-priv-flags: yes
[root@proxmox1.p10atl ~]# ethtool -i eno8
driver: ixgbe
version: 5.1.0-k
firmware-version: 0x800006b1
expansion-rom-version:
bus-info: 0000:04:00.1
supports-statistics: yes
supports-test: yes
supports-eeprom-access: yes
supports-register-dump: yes
supports-priv-flags: yes
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I should also mention I had located a thread that was identical to my experience on the 4.4 kernel : https://sourceforge.net/p/e1000/mailman/message/35263903/
I'm not saying its for sure the same issue, but I wouldn't be surprised if it is.
I'm not saying its for sure the same issue, but I wouldn't be surprised if it is.
You know what they say about assumptions ... evidence in my case showed different behavior from different driver versions in the kernel.
I would at least recommend compiling and installing the latest official intel ixgbe driver and seeing if it magically resolves your issue. If so, maybe the proxmox guys can either bundle the newer version, or maybe switch to a newer kernel that already bundles a newer driver.
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/14687
I tried rebuilding ixgbe-5.5.3 and encountered an error
Code:
root@node03:/usr/local/src/ixgbe-5.5.3/src# make install
common.mk:81: *** Kernel header files not in any of the expected locations.
common.mk:82: *** Install the appropriate kernel development package, e.g.
common.mk:83: *** kernel-devel, for building kernel modules and try again. Stop.
Code:
root@node03:/usr/local/src/ixgbe-5.5.3/src# apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package linux-headers-4.15.18-9-pve
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-headers-4.15.18-9-pve'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-4.15.18-9-pve'
root@node03:/usr/local/src/ixgbe-5.5.3/src# apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package linux-headers-4.15.18-9-pve
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-headers-4.15.18-9-pve'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-4.15.18-9-pve'
just guessing from the error-messages - I guess you haven't installed the header-packges - for PVE the name of the package is
`pve-headers` (or for that version pve-headers-4.15.18-9-pve)
hope that helps
`pve-headers` (or for that version pve-headers-4.15.18-9-pve)
hope that helps
@Stoiko Ivanov tks for reply, but pve can not find package is pve-headers.
Code:
root@node03:~# apt-get install pve-headers-4.15.18-9-pve
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package pve-headers-4.15.18-9-pve
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'pve-headers-4.15.18-9-pve'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'pve-headers-4.15.18-9-pve'
root@node03:~# apt-get install pve-headers
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package pve-headers