Re: Intel 82559 NIC corrupted EEPROM

["Jesse Brandeburg" <jesse.brandeburg@gmail.com>]

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On 11/27/06, John <me@privacy.net> wrote:
> John wrote:
>
> >> 00000000-0009ffff : System RAM
> >> 000a0000-000bffff : Video RAM area
> >> 000f0000-000fffff : System ROM
> >> 00100000-0ffeffff : System RAM
> >>   00100000-00296a1a : Kernel code
> >>   00296a1b-0031bbe7 : Kernel data
> >> 0fff0000-0fff2fff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage
> >> 0fff3000-0fffffff : ACPI Tables
> >> 20000000-200fffff : 0000:00:08.0
> >> 20100000-201fffff : 0000:00:09.0
> >> 20200000-202fffff : 0000:00:0a.0
> >> e0000000-e3ffffff : 0000:00:00.0
> >> e5000000-e50fffff : 0000:00:08.0
> >> e5100000-e51fffff : 0000:00:09.0
> >> e5200000-e52fffff : 0000:00:0a.0
> >> e5300000-e5300fff : 0000:00:08.0
> >> e5301000-e5301fff : 0000:00:0a.0
> >> e5302000-e5302fff : 0000:00:09.0
> >> ffff0000-ffffffff : reserved
> >>
> >> I've also attached:
> >>
> >> o config-2.6.18.1-adlink used to compile this kernel
> >> o dmesg output after the machine boots
> >
> > I suppose the information I've sent is not enough to locate the
> > root of the problem. Is there more I can provide?
>
> Here is some context for those who have been added to the CC list:
> http://groups.google.com/group/linux.kernel/browse_frm/thread/bdc8fd08fb601c26
>
> As far as I understand, some consider the eepro100 driver to be
> obsolete, and it has been considered for removal.
>
> What is the current status?
>
> Unfortunately, e100 does not work out-of-the-box on this system.
>
> Is there something I can do to improve the situation?

lets go ahead and print the output from e100_load_eeprom
debug patch attached.

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[e100] debug eeprom problems

Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>

---

 drivers/net/e100.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/e100.c b/drivers/net/e100.c
index 19ab344..376ff2d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e100.c
@@ -746,10 +746,12 @@ static int e100_eeprom_load(struct nic *
 
 	/* Try reading with an 8-bit addr len to discover actual addr len */
 	e100_eeprom_read(nic, &addr_len, 0);
+	DPRINTK(PROBE, INFO, "addr_len 0x%04X\n", addr_len);
 	nic->eeprom_wc = 1 << addr_len;
 
 	for(addr = 0; addr < nic->eeprom_wc; addr++) {
 		nic->eeprom[addr] = e100_eeprom_read(nic, &addr_len, addr);
+		DPRINTK(PROBE, INFO, "eeprom[%d] = 0x%04X\n", addr, nic->eeprom[addr]);
 		if(addr < nic->eeprom_wc - 1)
 			checksum += cpu_to_le16(nic->eeprom[addr]);
 	}