Re: eepro100: wait_for_cmd_done timeout

[John Madden <jmadden@ivy.tec.in.us>]

> Dionysius Wilson Almeida <Dionysius Wilson Almeida <dwilson@technolunatic.com>> wrote:
> > Jun 20 16:14:07 debianlap kernel: eepro100: wait_for_cmd_done timeout!
> > Jun 20 16:14:38 debianlap last message repeated 5 times
> 
> I saw the same message.
> 
> The comment before wait_for_cmd_done() function in
> linux/drivers/net/eepro100.c says:
> /* How to wait for the command unit to accept a command.
>    Typically this takes 0 ticks. */
> 
> And the initial value for the bogus counter, named "wait", is 1000.
> Is it enough for your machine?
> 
> I applied attached patch, eepro100.patch.  After that, I've never seen
> the message from wait_for_cmd_done().  And, my NIC works fine.
> 
> You may want to adjust the initial value for the bogus counter.
> I don't know the appropriate value for this bogus counter.

int wait is set to 20000 in my eepro100.c (stock 2.2.19), and I still get these
errors.  Think the patch with the udelay() will still work?

John




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John Madden
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Ivy Tech State College
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