I can confirm this on kernel 4.8.0-49.52~16.04.1 with - Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection I217-LM (rev 04). This of course wreaked havoc on my openvswitch implementation.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1685612 Title: Unable to set jumbo frames on Intel I218-V e1000e Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Description: Ubuntu 16.10 Release: 16.10 linux-image-4.8.0-49-generic: Installed: 4.8.0-49.52 Candidate: 4.8.0-49.52 Version table: *** 4.8.0-49.52 500 500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/ubuntu yakkety-proposed/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status linux-image-4.8.0-48-generic: Installed: 4.8.0-48.51 Candidate: 4.8.0-48.51 Version table: *** 4.8.0-48.51 500 500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/ubuntu yakkety-proposed/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status What you expected to happen: Setting the MTU at 9000 has worked fine until a recent kernel version linux-image-4.8.0-48-generic What happened instead: Setting jumbo MTU fails: sudo ip link set enp0s25 mtu 9000 RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument sudo ip link set enp0s25 mtu 8000 RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument sudo ip link set enp0s25 mtu 4000 RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument Anything from 1500 and below works OK. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: linux-image-4.8.0-48-generic 4.8.0-48.51 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-49.52-generic 4.8.17 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-49-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC2: kim 2561 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: kim 2561 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: kim 2561 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Sun Apr 23 22:21:03 2017 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=b0a00311-8fc8-47c6-be25-2af8ed04b867 ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-4.8.0-49-generic root=UUID=366887d1-d769-4e79-8c79-343393d78f9a ro rootflags=subvol=@ noprompt persistent verbose splash mtrr_gran_size=64K mtrr_chunk_size=64M vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.8.0-49-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.8.0-49-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.161.1 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-22 (183 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 01/18/2017 dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corporation dmi.bios.version: RYBDWi35.86A.0362.2017.0118.0940 dmi.board.name: NUC5i7RYB dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation dmi.board.version: H73774-101 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorporation:bvrRYBDWi35.86A.0362.2017.0118.0940:bd01/18/2017:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnNUC5i7RYB:rvrH73774-101:cvn:ct3:cvr: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1685612/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
