Quallcomm Atheros Killer E2200 does not show packet count

[Cal]

I'm running Ubuntu saucy, with the latest updates. kernel 3.11.0-18. alx driver version B18081BDFB465ACD502D031.

My motherboard is an ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Killer. lspci shows the ethernet chipset as:

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2200 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 10)

The driver seems to function correctly, but ifconfig (and all network monitoring utilities) do not show a packet count.

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr d0:50:99:09:84:1c
          inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.252.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:51 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:47

Please let me know if you need any more information!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: linux-image-3.11.0-18-generic 3.11.0-18.32
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-18.32-generic 3.11.10.4
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-18-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: cal 1962 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: cal 1962 F.... pulseaudio
Date: Fri Mar 21 09:14:03 2014
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=9090cb30-17ab-40ca-935e-d6642ae3cc03
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-19 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
IwConfig:
 eth0 no wireless extensions.

 lo no wireless extensions.
MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
MarkForUpload: True
ProcFB:

ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-18-generic root=UUID=ae55a6ea-505c-4c67-b176-dbb82625b5f3 ro quiet splash
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.11.0-18-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.11.0-18-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.116.2
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
WifiSyslog:

dmi.bios.date: 12/06/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P1.00
dmi.board.name: 990FX Killer
dmi.board.vendor: ASRock
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.00:bd12/06/2013:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rn990FXKiller:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest v3.14 kernel[0].

If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tag 'kernel-fixed-upstream'.

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the tag: 'kernel-bug-exists-upstream'.

If you are unable to test the mainline kernel, for example it will not boot, please add the tag: 'kernel-unable-to-test-upstream'.
Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug as "Confirmed".

Thanks in advance.

[0] http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.14-rc7-trusty/

[Cal (cal-fbsdata)]

*YES*!!! I tried out the linux-image-3.14.0-031400rc7-generic_3.14.0-031400rc7.201403162235_amd64 kernel and the packet counts were incrementing correctly. (Including gkrellm and other bandwidth tools)

I reverted back to 3.11 because it busted my video driver. But I at least confirmed the bug is fixed there.

When can I expect the 3.14 kernel to make it into the Saucy distribution?

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Cal, could you please confirm this issue exists with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ . If the issue remains, please just make a comment to this.

[Cal (cal-fbsdata)]

Yes, it looks like the issue still exists there. I downloaded the daily ISO on 4/28, booted to the live environment, fired up my eth card, pinged google, and it still showed 0 packets send & receive.