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On Tue, 6 Nov 2007, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Sun, 9 Sep 2007 05:54:45 -0700 (PDT)> Chris Stromsoe <cbs@cts.ucla.edu> wrote: > >> On Sat, 8 Sep 2007, Adrian Bunk wrote:>>> On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 01:44:20PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: >>>>>>> Haven't tried later kernels, don't intend to, while no network is >>>> really secure, it not really useful.>>>>>> You are a regular reader of linux-kernel, and therefore the sk98lin >>> removal can hardly be a surprise for you. If you prefer whining over >>> helping to improve the kernel that's your choice...>>>> I've been trying to migrate off sk98lin to skge since earlier this year, >> without success, starting with 2.6.18 or .19.>>>> I have several of these cards in production using the sk98lin driver: >>>> fresno:~# lspci -vv -s 02:01>> 02:01.0 Ethernet controller: SysKonnect SK-9872 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-ZX dual link) (rev 11) >> Subsystem: SysKonnect SK-9844 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-SX dual link) >> Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- >> Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- >> Latency: 64 (5750ns min, 7750ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes >> Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 22 >> Region 0: Memory at febfc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] >> Region 1: I/O ports at e800 [size=256] >> Expansion ROM at febc0000 [disabled] [size=128K] >> Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 1 >> Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) >> Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME- >> Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data >> >> They are dual port SX fiber. Both ports are connected. If I do this: >> >> fresno:~# modprobe skge >> fresno:~# ip li set eth2 up >> fresno:~# ip li set eth2 down >> fresno:~# ip li set eth3 up >> >> the system locks up and I have to power cycle it. The order doesn't >> matter (if I do eth3 up/down, then eth2 up kills it). >> >> I don't have any problems with sk98lin. This works fine: >> >> fresno:~# modprobe sk98lin RlmtMode=DualNet >> fresno:~# ip li set eth2 up >> fresno:~# ip li set eth2 down >> fresno:~# ip li set eth3 up >> fresno:~# ip li set eth3 down >> >> >> I am more than happy to test various driver changes, and have tried a few >> suggested patches but nothing has worked so far. I would like to be using >> skge instead of sk98lin, but so far haven't had any success. > > Please test 2.6.24-rc1 (or -rc2) because there were several fixes for skge > that made it work correctly for dual port fiber board. The worst bug in skge > was that it configured the ram buffer incorrectly. > > I just submitted these for next 2.6.23.X stable release as well I tested 2.6.24-rc1. This series of commands fresno:~# modprobe skge fresno:~# ip li set eth2 up fresno:~# ip li set eth2 down fresno:~# ip li set eth3 up still hard-locks the box in the same place. Was there anything in the -rc2 patch for skge? -Chris - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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