[Click] Polling Drivers for e1000

Roman Chertov rchertov at cs.ucsb.edu
Tue Feb 10 12:55:21 EST 2009


Latency Buster wrote:
> Roman,
>              Is there a specific initialization sequence required for
> removing  the e1000 driver? If I do a rmmod e1000.ko while the click
> module is still loaded in the kernel, it hangs my system (with no
> useful dmesg/no kernel oops). ifconfig also does not return and the
> only way to restore is a powercycle. Is this expected or the driver
> has  reference count of the number of devices that are currently
> attached to it?

It is best to uninstall Click before you do 'modprobe -r e1000'. 
Otherwise, the machine will mostly likely crash, leaving a reboot as the 
only option.

> 
> Also, on a different line, when you have time, would you able to show
> me how to generate v9 netflow records & set up SNMP in click? I am
> unable to enter a meaningful community string .

Sorry, I don't have any experience with SNMP and netflow in Click.

Roman

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Roman Chertov <rchertov at cs.ucsb.edu> wrote:
>> Latency Buster wrote:
>>> The driver compiled and I did a 'insmod e1000.ko'.. It basically hangs
>>> my system.. Am I doing something wrong here?
>> I usually use 'modprobe e1000' to install the driver.  You need to take a
>> look at the dmesg output to see what is going on.
>>
>> Roman
>>
>>
> 



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