On 11/18/22 06:35, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 6:25 AM hw <h...@adminart.net> wrote:
I have an X540-AT2 network card in my backup server and it worked when I was
running Fedora on the server.
I installed Debian on it and wanted to make backups with rsync, but the
connection via this network card is now intermittent where it used to be stable
with Fedora.
Fedora uses the latest version of a package that's available at the
release date. Maybe Fedora was using a newer driver than Debian?
It looks like there's several updated Linux drivers at
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/60020/intel-ethernet-controller-x540at2/downloads.html
. Maybe you can try one of the newer drivers on the Debian machine?
Thank you for the link. A newer device driver could very well be the
answer to the OP's intermittent connection problems.
This Intel web page has a link to download the latest driver source code
tarball:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/14302/intel-network-adapter-driver-for-pcie-intel-10-gigabit-ethernet-network-connections-under-linux.html
"Detailed Description
Overview
This is the most current release of the ixgbe driver for Linux,
which supports kernel versions 2.6.18 up through 5.18. ...
...
This download is valid for the product(s) listed below.
...
Intel® Ethernet Controller X540-AT2
..."
(There is a similar link for FreeBSD; which may be another option for
the OP.)
Searching Debian packages for ixgbe, I see packages for "Data Plane
Development Kit (librte-pmd-ixgbe runtime library)", but not device
drivers (?). Similarly so for Debian backports.
The Linux kernel 5.10 includes the ixgbe driver, but I am unable to
determine a version number:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.10/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ixgbe.html
"Linux Base Driver for the Intel(R) Ethernet 10 Gigabit PCI Express
Adapters
...
Identifying Your Adapter
The driver is compatible with devices based on the following:
...
Intel(R) Ethernet Controller X540
..."
This web page has a HOWTO for updating the Linux ixgbe driver using
Intel source code:
https://www.xmodulo.com/download-install-ixgbe-driver-ubuntu-debian.html
David
