Messages in this thread | | | Date | 11 Jul 2001 15:16:30 -0000 | From | Juri Haberland <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] starfire net driver update |
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In article <Pine.LNX.4.33.0107110739310.16147-100000@age.cs.columbia.edu> you wrote: > On 11 Jul 2001, Juri Haberland wrote: > >> This patch breaks my starfire totally: > > That's very weird. I really don't see how that could be the result of my > latest changes. > >> With 2.4.6 on a 100Mbit HUB (100fx-HD) it receives but seems to have problems >> to send. > > Right, that's the problem I was trying to fix. Basically it was unable to > send small packets, because the padding was disabled and it would only > get enabled if the card negotiated a connection other than 100-HD. > >> With 2.4.6 and your patch I get the following immediately: >> kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth5: transmit timed out >> kernel: eth5: Transmit timed out, status 00000000, resetting... > > Ok. Can you send me the other stuff the driver prints, especially the line > speed/duplex detection?
kernel: starfire.c:v1.03 7/26/2000 Written by Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com> kernel: Updates and info at http://www.scyld.com/network/starfire.html kernel: (unofficial 2.2/2.4 kernel port, version 1.03+LK1.3.3, July 05, 2001) kernel: eth2: Adaptec Starfire 6915 at 0xc8800000, 00:00:d1:ee:8a:c5, IRQ 15. kernel: eth2: MII PHY found at address 1, status 0x7809 advertising 01e1. kernel: eth3: Adaptec Starfire 6915 at 0xc8881000, 00:00:d1:ee:8a:c6, IRQ 14. kernel: eth3: MII PHY found at address 1, status 0x7809 advertising 01e1. kernel: eth4: Adaptec Starfire 6915 at 0xc8902000, 00:00:d1:ee:8a:c7, IRQ 11. kernel: eth4: MII PHY found at address 1, status 0x7809 advertising 01e1. kernel: eth5: Adaptec Starfire 6915 at 0xc8983000, 00:00:d1:ee:8a:c8, IRQ 10. kernel: eth5: MII PHY found at address 1, status 0x7809 advertising 01e1.
I couldn't find any other infos related to the starfire. Unfortunately I cannot reboot the machine today anymore; this must wait until tomorrow.
> Also, if you feel adventurous, search for these lines in the driver: > /* Configure the PCI bus bursts and FIFO thresholds. */ > np->tx_mode = 0x0C04; /* modified when link is up. */ > * writel(0x8000 | np->tx_mode, ioaddr + TxMode); > * writel(np->tx_mode, ioaddr + TxMode); > > and comment out those two marked with a *. At that point you should have > essentially the 2.4.6 driver, so see if they behaves similarly.
I'll try that tomorrow.
Juri
-- Juri Haberland <juri@koschikode.com>
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