Re: iwlagn: Random "Time out reading EEPROM".

["Guy, Wey-Yi" <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>]

On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 06:50 -0700, Nicolas de Pesloüan wrote:
> Le 15/07/2011 16:28, wwguy a écrit :
> 
> > the error indicate fail to read data from EEPROM, your 2nd report is
> > even more strange, the number at the end the error message indicate the
> > index of DWORD driver trying to read from EEPROM.
> >
> > "Time out reading EEPROM[2]" telling me the first 2 DWORD is reading ok
> > but not the 3rd read.
> >
> > How many PCI-E slots you have in your system, could it possible for you
> > to switch to another PCI-E slot, or pull out and re-insert the NIC.
> 
> Unfortunately, not. On this laptop, the NIC is not reachable without disassembling the laptop, and I 
> don't want to... I will double check again, but...
> 
> > Also, it is possible to put the NIC into different system and see if you
> > are seeing the similar problem?
> 
> No, for the exact same reason.
> 
> Not that it still happens with 3.0.0-1 from Debian.
> 
> [   15.086244] iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, in-tree:
> [   15.086247] iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2011 Intel Corporation
> [   15.086404] iwlagn 0000:05:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
> [   15.086412] iwlagn 0000:05:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
> [   15.086438] iwlagn 0000:05:00.0: Detected Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN, REV=0x54
> [   15.095859] iwlagn 0000:05:00.0: Time out reading EEPROM[6]
> [   15.095945] iwlagn 0000:05:00.0: Unable to init EEPROM
> [   15.096030] iwlagn 0000:05:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
> [   15.096039] iwlagn: probe of 0000:05:00.0 failed with error -110
> 
> modprobe -r iwlagn ; modprobe iwlagn
> 
> [  231.822492] iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, in-tree:
> [  231.822495] iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2011 Intel Corporation
> [  231.822581] iwlagn 0000:05:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
> [  231.822591] iwlagn 0000:05:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
> [  231.822621] iwlagn 0000:05:00.0: Detected Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN, REV=0x54
> [  231.843544] iwlagn 0000:05:00.0: device EEPROM VER=0x11f, CALIB=0x4
> [  231.843546] iwlagn 0000:05:00.0: Device SKU: 0Xb
> [  231.844889] iwlagn 0000:05:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 24 802.11a channels
> [  231.844961] iwlagn 0000:05:00.0: irq 50 for MSI/MSI-X
> [  231.989424] iwlagn 0000:05:00.0: loaded firmware version 8.83.5.1 build 33692
> [  232.037456] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-agn-rs'
> 
> The error is not easy to reproduce, but the fix is perfectly stable. A single unload/reload of 
> iwlagn is always enough to solve the problem, when it happens. For this reason, it sounds difficult 
> to consider this a hardware slot problem. Can't this be related to some other PCI components?
> 
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 07)
> 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
> 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
> 00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
> 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
> 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
> 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
> 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
> 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
> 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
> 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
> 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G98 [GeForce 9300M GS] (rev a1)
> 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller 
> (rev 14)
> 05:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100
> 09:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
> 09:03.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
> 09:03.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
> 
> I'm quite sure I can fix this problem by loading, unloading and reloading iwlagn on every startup... 
> but I don't really consider this a fix :

not sure how to help since it is not easy to re-produce and it is EEPROM
reading problem, I only can guess it might related to the physical
device.

Thanks
Wey