From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262746AbTKRNsp (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Nov 2003 08:48:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262709AbTKRNmo (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Nov 2003 08:42:44 -0500 Received: from ns.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:1234 "EHLO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262746AbTKRNmT (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Nov 2003 08:42:19 -0500 To: "Martin J. Bligh" Cc: kl@vsen.dk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Bug 1428] New: 3c59x won't work at all with 2.6.0-test kernels References: <600810000.1067231679@[10.10.2.4].suse.lists.linux.kernel> From: Andi Kleen Date: 27 Oct 2003 16:24:16 +0100 In-Reply-To: <600810000.1067231679@[10.10.2.4].suse.lists.linux.kernel> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org "Martin J. Bligh" writes: > http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1428 > > Summary: 3c59x won't work at all with 2.6.0-test kernels. > Kernel Version: 2.6.0-test4-mmX to 2.6.0-test8-mm1 > Status: NEW > Severity: blocking Does not deserve a blocking. > Owner: jgarzik@pobox.com > Submitter: kl@vsen.dk > > > Distribution: Gentoo Linux > Hardware Environment: IBM Thinkpad X20 - miniPCI 3com network: > lspci with 2.4.22 kernel: > 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c556B Hurricane CardBus (rev 20) > > Software Environment: > glibc-2.3.2, gcc-3.2.3 - anything else? > Problem Description: > My 3c59x miniPci network card won't work at all with 2.6.0-test kernels.I think > I've seen it work once, with an old 2.6.0-test kernel, but I'm not sure, and > I've tried all the way back to 2.6.0-test3, and can't reproduce it (working that > is). > the Hardware mac address is set to all FF's on 2.60. ifconfig works fine - I > just can't ping anything. > > with 2.4.22 it all works like a charm. > > Steps to reproduce: > compile 2.6.0-testX with 3c59x as module or built-in. 3c59x works fine for me in 2.6.0test9 Most likely the user has some problems with interrupt routing. I would try with pci=noacpi or acpi=off or disable IO-APIC support. -Andi