Comments on: Son of a Geek! or “too many iterations in nv_nic_irq” http://mrpogson.com/2009/06/15/son-of-a-geek-or-too-many-iterations-in-nv_nic_irq/ One man. Closing, all the windows. Wed, 22 May 2013 04:02:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Robert Pogson http://mrpogson.com/2009/06/15/son-of-a-geek-or-too-many-iterations-in-nv_nic_irq/#comment-31950 Robert Pogson Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:09:41 +0000 http://mrpogson.com/?p=569#comment-31950 Yes, this can be done without a reboot.

sshing in or from the console, change the configuration file and then reload the driver. There is a possibility of losing the connection (certainty, if you are sshing through the NIC) so put it all on one line:

rmmod forcedeth ; modprobe forcedeth

When the driver reloads, it will take the new settings. There will be a brief outtage on the NIC. I did not measure it but it was not noticeable to me in human terms. It is vital that the typing be correct in the configuration and commands so be very careful if this is a production system.

It’s too bad this problem still exists but I keep getting hits and comments several years later. The hardware manufacturers and the driver writers should cooperate more.

]]> By: leong http://mrpogson.com/2009/06/15/son-of-a-geek-or-too-many-iterations-in-nv_nic_irq/#comment-31947 leong Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:49:47 +0000 http://mrpogson.com/?p=569#comment-31947 Is there a way to make this setting effective without rebooting the system

]]> By: Roy http://mrpogson.com/2009/06/15/son-of-a-geek-or-too-many-iterations-in-nv_nic_irq/#comment-27673 Roy Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:52:58 +0000 http://mrpogson.com/?p=569#comment-27673 Thanks for this!

]]> By: joachim http://mrpogson.com/2009/06/15/son-of-a-geek-or-too-many-iterations-in-nv_nic_irq/#comment-13494 joachim Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:28:35 +0000 http://mrpogson.com/?p=569#comment-13494 thanks! this solution work on Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64, debian 5.0

]]> By: Sigma http://mrpogson.com/2009/06/15/son-of-a-geek-or-too-many-iterations-in-nv_nic_irq/#comment-11343 Sigma Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:44:22 +0000 http://mrpogson.com/?p=569#comment-11343 Awesome solution! Many thanks!!!

]]> By: Walter http://mrpogson.com/2009/06/15/son-of-a-geek-or-too-many-iterations-in-nv_nic_irq/#comment-3221 Walter Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:03:21 +0000 http://mrpogson.com/?p=569#comment-3221 These 2 parameters for the forcedeth module solved the network problems I had with the ASUS M2N-CM DVI motherboard. Thanks a lot! :)

]]> By: Nick http://mrpogson.com/2009/06/15/son-of-a-geek-or-too-many-iterations-in-nv_nic_irq/#comment-2565 Nick Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:12:42 +0000 http://mrpogson.com/?p=569#comment-2565 Nice fix! This saved the day for me ;-)

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