Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 30 Nov 2000 19:41:11 +0100 | From | "Udo A. Steinberg" <> | Subject | Re: eepro100 driver update for 2.4 |
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Andrey Savochkin wrote:
> I've updated eepro100 driver for 2.4 kernel branch. > So far, the most annoying initialization problem (expressing itself in "card > reports no resources" messages) hasn't been fixed.
Hi Andrey,
I've been using an older EEPro100/B card until now and it's been working without any problems ever since the transmitter bugs were fixed. The boot output looked like this:
eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/eepro100.html eepro100.c: $Revision: 1.35 $ 2000/11/17 Modified by Andrey V. Savochkin <saw@saw.sw.com.sg> and others eth0: Intel Corporation 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100], 00:A0:C9:41:F4:DE, IRQ 9. Board assembly 667280-003, Physical connectors present: RJ45 Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1. General self-test: passed. Serial sub-system self-test: passed. Internal registers self-test: passed. ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x49caa8d6). Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
Intel webpage says: 667280-xxx is a model EEPro100/B but I dunno which chipset.
Today I've installed a new model with Wake-on-LAN support and got caught by above mentioned
eth0: card reports no RX buffers. eth0: card reports no resources.
messages as well. Strangely those messages only ever happen during bootup and *every* time. Shutting eth0 down and bringing it back up fixes the problem.
What puzzles me a bit is that the newer card (721383-xxx) is an 82559 chip, according to the Intel site, but the boot output doesn't say so:
eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/eepro100.html eepro100.c: $Revision: 1.35 $ 2000/11/17 Modified by Andrey V. Savochkin <saw@saw.sw.com.sg> and others eth0: Intel Corporation 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100], 00:02:B3:1F:BA:5D, IRQ 9. Receiver lock-up bug exists -- enabling work-around. Board assembly 721383-016, Physical connectors present: RJ45 Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1. General self-test: passed. Serial sub-system self-test: passed. Internal registers self-test: passed. ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x04f4518b).
If you have any patches or tests that would help to find and fix this init bug, I'd offer to test them out, since I can reliably reproduce the problem.
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