Messages in this thread | | | From | Ricardo Galli <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.0-test3+sk98lin driver with hardware bug make eth unusable | Date | Tue, 12 Aug 2003 14:40:50 +0200 |
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On Tuesday 12 August 2003 14:01, Martin Schlemmer shaped the electrons to shout: > On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 13:01, Ricardo Galli wrote: > > I've already reported this problem to syskonnect few weeks ago (without > > success as I see). > > > > There is a ASIC bug in several popular motherboards (including ASUS ones) > > related to TX hardware checksum. > > > > For packets smaller that 56 bytes (payload), as UDP dns queries, the asic > > generates a bad checksum making the drivers unusable for "normal" > > Internet usage: > > <snip> > > > The only solution is to comment out > > #define USE_SK_TX_CHECKSUM > > in skge.c > > Known issue. > > Mirko will have a look as soon as he have time.
Thanks, I just sent a Kconfig patch as a workaround:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2003/8/12/83
BTW, I'm testing it in a ASUS P4800 Deluxe motherboard, which has the asic bug:
gallir@antoli:~$ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2578 (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2579 (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24d2 (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24d4 (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24d7 (rev 02) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24de (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24dd (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB PCI Bridge (rev c2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24d0 (rev 02) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24db (rev 02) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24d1 (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24d3 (rev 02) 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24d5 (rev 02) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV25 [GeForce4 Ti 4200] (rev a3) 02:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80) 02:05.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation: Unknown device 1700 (rev 12) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 02:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07) 02:0c.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 07) 02:0d.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78)
Cheers,
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