[plug] Intel igb module issues
Dean Bergin
dean.bergin at gmail.com
Thu Dec 14 11:40:59 AWST 2023
Hello PLUG (Byron, Onno, Nick etc).
I believe I figured out the problem.
I dug around some which lead me to a fedora forum post, which ultimately
lead me to a redhat bug.
Turns out that I forgot that - in an effor to reduce heat - I enabled the
Power Save profile in Cockpit (tuned).
dean at hdcpplkvm001:~$ sudo tuned-adm active
Current active profile: powersave
dean at hdcpplkvm001:~$
Setting it to balanced or none seems to have helped.
Sorry for dragging you all into this, but I guess theres a lesson to be
learned here. Change Control!
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/investigating-igb-network-driver-failure-to-keep-speed-negotiation-coming-up-short/75389/14
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1026359
Thanks again and Merry Christmas to you all!
Kind Regards,
*Dean Bergin*.
On Thu, 14 Dec 2023 at 11:19, Byron Hammond <byronester at gmail.com> wrote:
> Interesting that the firmware versions are like 2 years apart between the
> Debian and Ubuntu systems.
> I would expect many fixes in that timeframe. Maybe a good direction to go
> in as Nick indicated with his post about loading the firmware from the
> Ubuntu system
>
> On Thu, 14 Dec 2023 at 11:12, Dean Bergin <dean.bergin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Onno & Nick
>>
>>
>> Nick, I was under the impression that most Intel kernel modules are
>> blob-free but I took a look on both the the affected debian system and the
>> working (K)ubuntu system and the results are interesting, but not yet
>> conclusive or obvious.
>>
>> Onno, your suggestion is sound but sounds very time consuming, of which
>> time is not something I have in abundance.
>>
>> I'm not sure if its worth noting, but this debian installation is very
>> minimal *without* the "standard system utilities" and only SSH was
>> selected at tasksel --new-install before I installed the packages I
>> wanted to build this system.
>>
>> Is it possible that not buildng this with standard system utilities is
>> the probem?
>>
>> Furthermore, the issue doesn't just affect this NIC/kernel module either,
>> it also seems to affect the following, which is currently installed in a
>> working ubuntu system with the e1000e kernel module, which I can reference
>> for differential analysis purposes (firmware, code, dependencies etc) if
>> and as required.
>>
>> Intel 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller
>>
>>
>> Thank you all for your assistance, support and advice so far!
>>
>> *Debian*
>>
>> dean at hdcpplkvm001:~$ sudo dmesg -T |grep firmware
>> [Thu Dec 14 08:53:45 2023] bluetooth hci0: firmware: failed to load
>> mediatek/BT_RAM_CODE_MT7922_1_1_hdr.bin (-2)
>> [Thu Dec 14 08:53:45 2023] firmware_class: See
>> https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware for information about missing firmware
>> [Thu Dec 14 08:53:45 2023] bluetooth hci0: firmware: failed to load
>> mediatek/BT_RAM_CODE_MT7922_1_1_hdr.bin (-2)
>> [Thu Dec 14 08:53:45 2023] bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for
>> mediatek/BT_RAM_CODE_MT7922_1_1_hdr.bin failed with error -2
>> [Thu Dec 14 08:53:45 2023] Bluetooth: hci0: Failed to load firmware file
>> (-2)
>> [Thu Dec 14 08:53:45 2023] Bluetooth: hci0: Failed to set up firmware (-2)
>> [Thu Dec 14 08:53:45 2023] [drm:amdgpu_pci_probe [amdgpu]] *ERROR* amdgpu
>> requires firmware installed
>> [Thu Dec 14 08:53:45 2023] amdgpu: See https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware
>> for information about missing firmware
>> dean at hdcpplkvm001:~$ dpkg -l '*firmware*'
>> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
>> |
>> Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
>> |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
>> ||/ Name Version Architecture Description
>>
>> +++-===================-============-============-=======================================================
>> ii firmware-linux-free 20200122-1 all Binary firmware for
>> various drivers in the Linux kernel
>> dean at hdcpplkvm001:~$ sudo ls /lib/firmware/intel
>> ls: cannot access '/lib/firmware/intel': No such file or directory
>> dean at hdcpplkvm001:~$ sudo ls /lib/firmware
>> amd carl9170-1.fw isci regulatory.db-debian
>> regulatory.db.p7s-upstream usbdux_firmware.bin
>> amd-ucode cis keyspan_pda regulatory.db.p7s
>> regulatory.db-upstream usbduxsigma_firmware.bin
>> av7110 dsp56k regulatory.db regulatory.db.p7s-debian
>> usbduxfast_firmware.bin
>> dean at hdcpplkvm001:~$
>>
>>
>> *(K)ubuntu system*
>>
>> kubuntu at kubuntu:~$ sudo dmesg -T |grep firmware
>> [Thu Dec 14 02:26:21 2023] Spectre V2 : Enabling Restricted Speculation
>> for firmware calls
>> kubuntu at kubuntu:~$ dpkg -l '*firmware*'
>> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
>> |
>> Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
>> |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
>> ||/ Name Version
>> Architecture Description
>>
>> +++-=========================-================================-============-=================================
>> un atmel-firmware <none> <none>
>> (no description available)
>> un firmware-amd-graphics <none> <none>
>> (no description available)
>> un firmware-misc-nonfree <none> <none>
>> (no description available)
>> ii firmware-sof-signed 2.0-1ubuntu4.1 all
>> Intel SOF firmware - signed
>> ii linux-firmware 20220329.git681281e4-0ubuntu3.17 all
>> Firmware for Linux kernel drivers
>> un linux-firmware-raspi2 <none> <none>
>> (no description available)
>> un linux-firmware-snapdragon <none> <none>
>> (no description available)
>> kubuntu at kubuntu:~$ sudo ls /lib/firmware | grep intel
>> intel
>> intel-ucode
>> kubuntu at kubuntu:~$ sudo ls /lib/firmware/intel
>> dsp_fw_bxtn.bin dsp_fw_kbl_v3266.bin
>> ibt-0040-2120.ddc ibt-11-5.sfi ibt-18-1.ddc ibt-19-240-4.sfi
>> ibt-hw-37.7.10-fw-1.80.1.2d.d.bseq
>> dsp_fw_bxtn_v2219.bin dsp_fw_kbl_v3402.bin
>> ibt-0040-2120.sfi ibt-12-16.ddc ibt-18-1.sfi ibt-19-32-0.ddc
>> ibt-hw-37.7.10-fw-1.80.2.3.d.bseq
>> dsp_fw_bxtn_v3366.bin dsp_fw_kbl_v3420.bin
>> ibt-0040-4150.ddc ibt-12-16.sfi ibt-18-2.ddc ibt-19-32-0.sfi
>> ibt-hw-37.7.bseq
>> dsp_fw_cnl.bin dsp_fw_kbl_v701.bin
>> ibt-0040-4150.sfi ibt-17-0-1.ddc ibt-18-2.sfi ibt-19-32-1.ddc
>> ibt-hw-37.8.10-fw-1.10.2.27.d.bseq
>> dsp_fw_cnl_v1191.bin dsp_fw_release.bin
>> ibt-0041-0041.ddc ibt-17-0-1.sfi ibt-19-0-0.ddc ibt-19-32-1.sfi
>> ibt-hw-37.8.10-fw-1.10.3.11.e.bseq
>> dsp_fw_cnl_v1858.bin dsp_fw_release_v3402.bin
>> ibt-0041-0041.sfi ibt-17-16-1.ddc ibt-19-0-0.sfi ibt-19-32-4.ddc
>> ibt-hw-37.8.10-fw-22.50.19.14.f.bseq
>> dsp_fw_glk.bin dsp_fw_release_v969.bin
>> ibt-1040-0041.ddc ibt-17-16-1.sfi ibt-19-0-1.ddc ibt-19-32-4.sfi
>> ibt-hw-37.8.bseq
>> dsp_fw_glk_v1814.bin fw_sst_0f28.bin
>> ibt-1040-0041.sfi ibt-17-1.ddc ibt-19-0-1.sfi ibt-20-0-3.ddc
>> ice
>> dsp_fw_glk_v2768.bin fw_sst_0f28.bin-48kHz_i2s_master
>> ibt-1040-1020.ddc ibt-17-1.sfi ibt-19-0-4.ddc ibt-20-0-3.sfi
>> IntcSST2.bin
>> dsp_fw_glk_v2880.bin fw_sst_0f28_ssp0.bin
>> ibt-1040-1020.sfi ibt-17-2.ddc ibt-19-0-4.sfi ibt-20-1-3.ddc
>> ipu3-fw.bin
>> dsp_fw_glk_v3366.bin fw_sst_22a8.bin
>> ibt-1040-2120.ddc ibt-17-2.sfi ibt-19-16-4.ddc ibt-20-1-3.sfi
>> ipu6ep_fw.bin
>> dsp_fw_kbl.bin ibt-0040-0041.ddc
>> ibt-1040-2120.sfi ibt-18-0-1.ddc ibt-19-16-4.sfi ibt-20-1-4.ddc
>> ipu6_fw.bin
>> dsp_fw_kbl_v1037.bin ibt-0040-0041.sfi
>> ibt-1040-4150.ddc ibt-18-0-1.sfi ibt-19-240-1.ddc ibt-20-1-4.sfi
>> irci_irci_ecr-master_20161208_0213_20170112_1500.bin
>> dsp_fw_kbl_v2042.bin ibt-0040-1020.ddc
>> ibt-1040-4150.sfi ibt-18-16-1.ddc ibt-19-240-1.sfi
>> ibt-hw-37.7.10-fw-1.0.1.2d.d.bseq sof
>> dsp_fw_kbl_v2630.bin ibt-0040-1020.sfi ibt-11-5.ddc
>> ibt-18-16-1.sfi ibt-19-240-4.ddc ibt-hw-37.7.10-fw-1.0.2.3.d.bseq
>> sof-tplg
>> kubuntu at kubuntu:~$ sudo ls /lib/firmware/intel-ucode
>> 06-0f-02 06-17-07 06-25-02 06-37-08 06-3f-02.initramfs
>> 06-4e-03 06-56-02.initramfs 06-5f-01 06-8a-01
>> 06-8f-04 06-9a-03 06-a5-02 06-ba-03 0f-04-08
>> 06-0f-06 06-17-0a 06-25-05 06-37-09 06-3f-04.initramfs
>> 06-4f-01.initramfs 06-56-03 06-66-03 06-8c-01
>> 06-8f-05 06-9a-04 06-a5-03 06-bf-02 0f-04-09
>> 06-0f-07 06-1a-04 06-2a-07 06-3a-09.initramfs 06-45-01.initramfs
>> 06-55-03 06-56-04 06-6a-05 06-8c-02
>> 06-8f-06 06-9c-00 06-a5-05 06-bf-05 0f-04-0a
>> 06-0f-0a 06-1a-05 06-2c-02 06-3c-03.initramfs 06-46-01.initramfs
>> 06-55-04 06-56-05 06-6a-06 06-8d-01
>> 06-8f-07 06-9e-09.initramfs 06-a6-00 0f-03-04 0f-06-02
>> 06-0f-0b 06-1c-02 06-2d-06 06-3d-04.initramfs 06-47-01.initramfs
>> 06-55-05 06-5c-02 06-6c-01 06-8e-09.initramfs
>> 06-8f-08 06-9e-0a.initramfs 06-a6-01 0f-04-01 0f-06-04
>> 06-0f-0d 06-1c-0a 06-2d-07 06-3e-04 06-4c-03
>> 06-55-06 06-5c-09 06-7a-01 06-8e-0a.initramfs
>> 06-96-01 06-9e-0b.initramfs 06-a7-01 0f-04-03 0f-06-05
>> 06-16-01 06-1d-01 06-2e-06 06-3e-06 06-4c-04
>> 06-55-07 06-5c-0a 06-7a-08 06-8e-0b.initramfs
>> 06-97-02 06-9e-0c.initramfs 06-b7-01 0f-04-04 0f-06-08
>> 06-17-06 06-1e-05 06-2f-02 06-3e-07 06-4d-08
>> 06-55-0b 06-5e-03 06-7e-05 06-8e-0c.initramfs
>> 06-97-05 06-9e-0d.initramfs 06-ba-02 0f-04-07
>> kubuntu at kubuntu:~$ lsmod | grep igb
>> igb 319488 0
>> dca 20480 1 igb
>> i2c_algo_bit 16384 3 igb,amdgpu,nouveau
>> kubuntu at kubuntu:~$ lsmod | egrep "(Module|dca)"
>> Module Size Used by
>> dca 20480 1 igb
>> kubuntu at kubuntu:~$
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> *Dean Bergin*.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 14 Dec 2023 at 10:27, Onno Benschop <onno at itmaze.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>> You said that it works with a version of Kubuntu, but not with a version
>>> of Debian.
>>>
>>> Whilst there are undoubtedly many source code differences, my first
>>> "best guess" would be that there is a specific kernel option (perhaps even
>>> more than one) that's causing this. Comparing those is a much smaller job
>>> than diffing the two kernels and as you already pointed out, using a
>>> back-ported kernel did not solve the problem.
>>>
>>> The way I'd approach this is to use the source package (dpkg-src) for
>>> both kernels, running in their respective OS, and compile each kernel
>>> package from source using the standard tools to do so.
>>>
>>> If you then discover that the same happens, ie. your source compiled
>>> Kubuntu kernel works and the Debian compiled kernel does not, I'd start
>>> comparing the two config files for those two kernels.
>>>
>>> You could then potentially compile the same Debian kernel using the
>>> Kubuntu config and determine if that solves the problem. If it does not.
>>> the issue is likely in the kernel source, if it does, the issue is likely
>>> in the kernel config.
>>>
>>> If what you find is that neither works after compiling from source,
>>> explore what the difference is between a compiled from source package is
>>> when compared with the supplied binary package.
>>>
>>> Ultimately you're looking for a needle in a haystack. Starting with git
>>> and logs and source code is in my experience not the way to a swift
>>> resolution.
>>>
>>> Finally, git blame is a useful way to discover who changed a relevant
>>> file and how it was changed. While it's unlikely that the change was caused
>>> by a patch of the actual kernel driver - you know, that would be a "doh"
>>> moment - you can use tools to create a chart of dependencies and see what
>>> links into the driver file.
>>>
>>> For example: make -Bnd | make2graph | dot -Tsvg -o out.svg
>>> Source: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/283501
>>>
>>> Disclaimer: There are MANY moving parts here. This could use as easily
>>> be a tool difference, for example a different version of the compiler tool
>>> chain, so tread wearily.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, 14 Dec 2023 at 09:51, Nick Bannon <nick at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 09:18:02AM +0800, Dean Bergin wrote:
>>>> > Seems as though the backports kernel 6.5.10-1~bpo12+1 unfortunately
>>>> did not
>>>> > solve the problem.
>>>>
>>>> As the driver loads, it may have kernel log messages about having to
>>>> load some firmware blob(s). Are those different? try copying the "good"
>>>> firmware files to the "bad" system? also:
>>>>
>>>> dmesg -T |grep firmware
>>>> dpkg -l '*firmware*'
>>>> ls /lib/firmware/intel
>>>>
>>>> Nick.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Nick Bannon | "I made this letter longer than usual because
>>>> nick-sig at rcpt.to | I lack the time to make it shorter." - Pascal
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>>>
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