Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sat, 27 Mar 2010 11:46:12 -0600 | | From | Robert Hancock <> | | Subject | Re: [Regression] r8169: enable 64-bit DMA by default for PCI Express devices (v2) |
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On 03/27/2010 12:38 AM, � Engel wrote: > On Fri, 26 March 2010 19:55:44 -0600, Robert Hancock wrote: >> >> Well, that one's 36 bits, but it's unclear whether that driver would >> actually be likely to access anything over 4GB. It's possible that >> there's just some general problem with 64-bit DMA on that machine. > > That may very well be. I've had trouble using a PCIe card in that > machine as well. "Solution" was to buy a different computer. Sad, I > know, but not my money.
Hm, do you recall/have the details of what happened with the other card?
It's possible this is some general problem with that machine/motherboard and not actually an issue with what the driver is doing. What kind of board is that?
> >> The fact that even stuff like lspci and MII is breaking seems odd, >> though. It could be that model of card doesn't like the PCIDAC register >> bit being set (maybe it means something different on that model, or >> something). >> >> I suppose a publicly accessible datasheet for these chips is too much to >> hope for? > > Which chips? > > J�rn > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >
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