Re: 8139too bug in 2.4.4 (2.4.3?) & VIA 686a

[Ignacio Monge <ignaciomonge@navegalia.com>]

En Sun, 6 May 2001 13:03:03 -0400
Ignacio Monge <ignaciomonge@navegalia.com> escribió:

> 
> 	I've compiled 2.4.3mdk-25 source with Athlon optimizations, and the
> problem still happens.
> 
> 	eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF  
>           inet addr:192.168.0.1  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:4294967221 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 
>           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>           Interrupt:11 Base address:0x9000 
> 
> 	Look at the HWaddr. With default kernel (not compiled), I haven't this
> problem and my ethernet card goes well and the HWaddr is: ·"HWaddr
> 00:E0:29:9A:CB:62 ". And I'm sure after reboot I *MUST* restore all the
> values of my BIOS setup. Believe me,  I know. :(
> 
> 
> 	Here is the output of dmesg when loading the 81389too module:
> 
> 	Assertion failed! ioaddr != NULL,8139too.c,rtl8139_init_one,line=927
> eth0: SMC1211TX EZCard 10/100 (RealTek RTL8139) at 0x9000,
> ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, IRQ 11
> eth0:  Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8139C'
> eth0: Setting 100mbps half-duplex based on auto-negotiated partner
> ability
> ffff.
> 
> 	"Assertion failed! ioaddr != NULL,8139too.c,rtl8139_init_one,line=927"?
> What is this? Is this the cause of the bug?
> 
> 	Now the lspci -vv:
> 
> 	00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Accton Technology Corporation SMC2-1211TX
> (rev 10)
> 	Subsystem: Accton Technology Corporation EN-1207D Fast Ethernet Adapter
> 	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: 32 (8000ns min, 16000ns max)
> 	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
> 	Region 0: I/O ports at 9000 [size=256]
> 	Region 1: Memory at da800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
> 	Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=64K]
> 	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
> 		Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA
> PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
> 		Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
> 
> 	I hope these lines can help.


ADDON:

Dmesg:
[...
	NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
eth0: Tx queue start entry 4  dirty entry 0.
eth0:  Tx descriptor 0 is ffffffff. (queue head)
eth0:  Tx descriptor 1 is ffffffff.
eth0:  Tx descriptor 2 is ffffffff.
eth0:  Tx descriptor 3 is ffffffff.
eth0: Setting 100mbps half-duplex based on auto-negotiated partner ability
ffff.
probable hardware bug: clock timer configuration lost - probably a VIA686a
motherboard.
probable hardware bug: restoring chip configuration.

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