Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 Mar 2002 15:43:14 -0500 (EST) | From | Aaron Sethman <> | Subject | Re: Sun GEM card looses TX on x86 32bit PCI |
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I am having the same problem on sparc. I will try the patch myself and let you know if it helps.
Regards,
Aaron
On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, David S. Miller wrote:
> From: Beezly <beezly@beezly.org.uk> > Date: 11 Mar 2002 22:51:42 +0000 > > Ok, I've been fiddling around with the driver tonight and have managed > to get a little further by forcing the driver to do a full reset of the > chip when the RX buffer over flows. I achieved this by sticking a return > 1; at the top of gem_rxmac_reset(). > > I'm guessing this isn't an "optimal" reset for the situation but so far > it's having /reasonable/ results (i.e. I don't have to bring the > interface up and down every 30 seconds!). > ... > Hope this helps, > > I'll follow up on this and figure out why my RX reset code > isn't working after I finish up some 2.5.x work. > > But looking quickly I think I see what is wrong. Please give > this a try (and remember to remove your hacks before testing > this :-): > > --- drivers/net/sungem.c.~1~ Mon Mar 11 04:24:13 2002 > +++ drivers/net/sungem.c Tue Mar 12 09:30:38 2002 > @@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ static int gem_rxmac_reset(struct gem *g > > rxd->status_word = cpu_to_le64(RXDCTRL_FRESH(gp)); > } > + gp->rx_new = gp->rx_old = 0; > > /* Now we must reprogram the rest of RX unit. */ > desc_dma = (u64) gp->gblock_dvma; > - > 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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