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From: "J�rn Engel" <joern@dublin.logfs.org>
To: Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@gmail.com>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
	torvalds@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, romieu@fr.zoreil.com
Subject: Re: [Regression] r8169: enable 64-bit DMA by default for PCI Express devices (v2)
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 07:38:38 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100327063838.GB11959@Dublin.logfs.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4BAD65A0.7090309@gmail.com>

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.

> 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

  reply	other threads:[~2010-03-27  6:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20100315150806.GA15354@Dublin.logfs.org>
2010-03-15 15:10 ` J�rn Engel
2010-03-15 18:57   ` David Miller
2010-03-15 23:28     ` Robert Hancock
2010-03-16  8:35       ` J�rn Engel
2010-03-16 23:30         ` Robert Hancock
2010-03-16 23:40           ` David Miller
2010-03-26  0:56           ` Robert Hancock
2010-03-26  3:29             ` David Miller
2010-03-26  9:12             ` J�rn Engel
2010-03-27  1:55               ` Robert Hancock
2010-03-27  6:38                 ` J�rn Engel [this message]
2010-03-27 17:46                   ` Robert Hancock
2010-03-27 22:00                     ` J�rn Engel
2010-03-27 11:57                 ` =?unknown-8bit?B?RnJhbsOnb2lz?= Romieu
2010-03-17 20:52         ` Francois Romieu
2010-03-18  9:03           ` J�rn Engel

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