From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Sun, 09 Jan 2011 00:23:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from gateway16.websitewelcome.com ([69.56.160.2]:44949 "HELO gateway16.websitewelcome.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by eddie.linux-mips.org with SMTP id S1491026Ab1AHXX3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Jan 2011 00:23:29 +0100 Received: (qmail 30388 invoked from network); 8 Jan 2011 23:22:58 -0000 Received: from gator750.hostgator.com (174.132.194.2) by gateway16.websitewelcome.com with SMTP; 8 Jan 2011 23:22:58 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=paralogos.com; h=Received:Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Source:X-Source-Args:X-Source-Dir; b=d+WsadIkveWlDsSXsEnrDobOiE5esPRGjHGbsEpqVjiBm2AJNs9IjmS2Lor65wkLP/gP5odSixnkrovgB/O+tO5oOXlSEitrPJxH5XZki5hrQacUTA+OCnx2tn9/bQ7R; Received: from c-98-207-157-135.hsd1.ca.comcast.net ([98.207.157.135]:2445 helo=[127.0.0.1]) by gator750.hostgator.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pbi82-0000CN-3d; Sat, 08 Jan 2011 17:23:22 -0600 Message-ID: <4D28F1EE.8030609@paralogos.com> Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 15:23:26 -0800 From: "Kevin D. Kissell" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101207 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" CC: Linux MIPS org , tsbogend@alpha.franken.de Subject: Re: MIPS Malta and PCNet32 Driver References: <4D28AFB4.7090108@paralogos.com> <4D28C2C7.2080005@paralogos.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator750.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - linux-mips.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - paralogos.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 28890 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: kevink@paralogos.com Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On 1/8/2011 3:07 PM, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote: > On Sat, 8 Jan 2011, Kevin D. Kissell wrote: > >> and, amusingly, from a stock 2.6.32.27 kernel that exhibits the problem, >> I plugged in a PCI NIC and *both* interfaces came up happy. :o/ One >> might suspect that PCNet32 now assumes some level of initialization that >> isn't being done in the platform code, and lucks out if a more >> thoroughly paranoid driver gets loaded first. > Are you seeing the problem with a system controller other than the > Bonito? That would be somewhat alarming, though easier to fix. > > With the Bonito I'd have assumed it was some low-level PCI code rewrite > -- that seem to keep happening over and over again -- that missed a bit in > the Bonito driver or the driver altogether. With the Bonito core cards > limited to the MIPS 20Kc core and some exotic (for the Malta) QED CPU > options that would be no surprise at all to me. I don't think it's a "classic" Bonito, YAMON calls out: MIPS SOC-it 101 OCP / 1.3 SDR-FW-1:1 Regards, Kevin K.