[CentOS] random crashes

Wed Apr 2 20:19:35 UTC 2014
Paul Heinlein <heinlein at madboa.com>

On Wed, 2 Apr 2014, Paul Heinlein wrote:

> The lovely Supermicro 82574L bug! There was a similar thread about a 
> month ago:
>
> http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2014-March/141348.html
>
> The short answer that's worked for me: Add pcie_aspm=off to your 
> boot-time kernel options. I've also started running the kmod-e1001e 
> package from elrepo.org.

Er, kmod-e1000e.

Some background links, just in case this happens to others:

* All the issues I mentioned above, in longer form:
   http://www.doxer.org/learn-linux/resolved-intel-e1000e-driver-bug-on-82574l-ethernet-controller-causing-network-blipping/

* Long post about EEPROM issues on 82574L controllers:
   http://blog.krisk.org/2013/02/packets-of-death.html

* Red Hat bugzilla entry:
   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=632650

* Basic Google search for starting point:
   http://lmgtfy.com/?q=e1000e+82574L+ASPM

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Paul Heinlein
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