igb driver does not work for TCP traffic on bonded interface, UDP and ICMP works well

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The igb driver version 1.0.8-k2 is shipped with kernel-2.6.18-92.1.6.el5
  • This version has problems with TCP traffic on bonded interfaces
  • ICMP and UDP traffic pass correctly
  • Newer version (1.2.44.3) of igb driver does not have this issue.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2

  • kernel-2.6.18-92

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