Add patch for various SFP+ module support to ixgbe driver in kernel 3.2.0-x (12.04 Precise)

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Can't run "apport-collect 1065475" because package "apport" is not installed. Can't install package "apport" because network card is not working (caused by this bug).

Using the described patch leads to the following output:

ixgbe: Intel(R) 10 Gigabit PCI Express Network Driver - version 3.6.7-k
ixgbe: Copyright (c) 1999-2011 Intel Corporation.
ixgbe 0000:41:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 80 (level, low) -> IRQ 80
ixgbe 0000:41:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
ixgbe 0000:41:00.0: Multiqueue Enabled: Rx Queue count = 24, Tx Queue count = 24
ixgbe 0000:41:00.0: (PCI Express:5.0GT/s:Width x8) a0:36:9f:07:2f:bc
ixgbe 0000:41:00.0: MAC: 2, PHY: 12, SFP+: 5, PBA No: G28774-000
ixgbe 0000:41:00.0: Intel(R) 10 Gigabit Network Connection
ixgbe 0000:41:00.0: eth2: WARNING: Intel (R) Network Connections are quality tested using Intel (R) Ethernet Optics. Using untested modules is not supported and may cause unstable operation or damage to the module or the adapter. Intel Corporation is not responsible for any harm caused by using untested modules.
ixgbe 0000:41:00.0: eth2: detected SFP+: 5
ixgbe 0000:41:00.0: eth2: NIC Link is Up 10 Gbps, Flow Control: RX/TX

Hi Andreas,

I've built a test kernel containing the referred commit, and uploaded it here:

http://people.canonical.com/~henrix/lp1065475

(there's a 32 and a 64 bits version)

Could you please install it in your system and see if it solves the problem?

Hello Luis,

I installed your packages. It works. Thanks!

kernel output:
ixgbe 0000:41:00.0: eth2: WARNING: Intel (R) Network Connections are quality tested using Intel (R) Ethernet Optics. Using untested modules is not supported and may cause unstable operation or damage to the module or the adapter. Intel Corporation is not responsible for any harm caused by using untested modules.
ixgbe 0000:41:00.0: eth2: detected SFP+: 5
ixgbe 0000:41:00.0: eth2: NIC Link is Up 10 Gbps, Flow Control: RX/TX

'uname -a' shows:
Linux foobar 3.2.0-32-generic #51~lp1065475v1 SMP Thu Oct 11 13:52:37 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel for Precise in -proposed solves the problem (3.2.0-33.52). Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-precise' to 'verification-done-precise'.

If verification is not done by one week from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

Hi Andreas, could you please check if the -proposed kernel fixes this issue (as per comment #6)? Thanks.

Hi Luis,

I installed the new kernel from precise-proposed and it's working. Thanks!

'uname -a' shows:
Linux foobar 3.2.0-33-generic #52-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 18 16:29:15 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 3.2.0-33.52

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linux (3.2.0-33.52) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  [Luis Henriques]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1067666

  [ Andy Whitcroft ]

  * [Config] add fs/udf to linux-image to support DVD/CD formats in virtual
    instances
    - LP: #1066921

  [ James M Leddy ]

  * SAUCE: input: fix weird issue of synaptics psmouse sync lost after
    resume
    - LP: #717970

  [ Paolo Pisati ]

  * [SRU] [Config] enable TIDSPBRIDGE for omap arm[el|hf] flavours
    - LP: #1058022

  [ Sarveshwar Bandi ]

  * SAUCE: bridge: Pull ip header into skb->data before looking into ip
    header.
    - LP: #1065150

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * Revert "drm/radeon: rework pll selection (v3)"
    - LP: #1065047
  * sched: Fix migration thread runtime bogosity
    - LP: #1057593
  * Bluetooth: Add support for Sony Vaio T-Series
    - LP: #1054307
  * drm/radeon: properly handle mc_stop/mc_resume on evergreen+ (v2)
    - LP: #1058303
  * Bluetooth: Use USB_VENDOR_AND_INTERFACE() for Broadcom devices
    - LP: #1058303
  * Bluetooth: Add USB_VENDOR_AND_INTERFACE_INFO() for Broadcom/Foxconn
    - LP: #1030233, #1058303
  * target: Fix ->data_length re-assignment bug with SCSI overflow
    - LP: #1065047
  * ASoC: samsung dma - Don't indicate support for pause/resume.
    - LP: #1065047
  * fs/proc: fix potential unregister_sysctl_table hang
    - LP: #1065047
  * mm/ia64: fix a memory block size bug
    - LP: #1065047
  * nbd: clear waiting_queue on shutdown
    - LP: #1065047
  * drivers/rtc/rtc-twl.c: ensure all interrupts are disabled during probe
    - LP: #1065047
  * mm/page_alloc: fix the page address of higher page's buddy calculation
    - LP: #1065047
  * memory hotplug: fix section info double registration bug
    - LP: #1065047
  * cciss: fix handling of protocol error
    - LP: #1065047
  * vfs: dcache: use DCACHE_DENTRY_KILLED instead of DCACHE_DISCONNECTED in
    d_kill()
    - LP: #1065047
  * workqueue: reimplement work_on_cpu() using system_wq
    - LP: #1065047
  * cpufreq/powernow-k8: workqueue user shouldn't migrate the kworker to
    another CPU
    - LP: #1065047
  * sched: Fix ancient race in do_exit()
    - LP: #1065047
  * hpwdt: Fix kdump issue in hpwdt
    - LP: #1065047
  * rtlwifi: rtl8192ce: Log message that B_CUT device may not work
    - LP: #1065047
  * brcmfmac: fix big endian bug in i-scan.
    - LP: #1065047
  * brcmfmac: Fix big endian host configuration data.
    - LP: #1065047
  * dmaengine: at_hdmac: fix comment in atc_prep_slave_sg()
    - LP: #1065047
  * dmaengine: at_hdmac: check that each sg data length is non-null
    - LP: #1065047
  * ARM: 7532/1: decompressor: reset SCTLR.TRE for VMSA ARMv7 cores
    - LP: #1065047
  * drm/i915: Reduce a pin-leak BUG into a WARN
    - LP: #1065047
  * bnx2i: Fixed NULL ptr deference for 1G bnx2 Linux iSCSI offload
    - LP: #1065047
  * mpt2sas: Fix for issue - Unable to boot from the drive connected to HBA
    - LP: #1065047
  * hwmon: (ads7871) Add 'name' sysfs attribute
    - LP: #1065047
  * DMA: PL330: Check the pointer returned by kzalloc
    - LP: #1065047
  * hpsa: fix handling of protocol error
    -...

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