Re: [Linux-ia64] kernel update (relative to v2.4.18)

David Mosberger
2002-07-23T01:10:11Z

>>>>> On Mon, 22 Jul 2002 16:54:23 -0700, Kimio Suganuma <k-suganuma@mvj.biglobe.ne.jp> said:

Kimio> Hi, On Sat, 20 Jul 2002 00:08:22 -0700 David Mosberger
Kimio> <davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com> wrote:

>> The latest ia64 kernel patch is at
>> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/ports/ia64/v2.4/ in file:
>>
>> linux-2.4.18-ia64-020719.diff.gz

Kimio> In this version, my system doesn't boot without increasing
Kimio> swiotlb. It was able to boot with default swiotlb in the
Kimio> previous version.

Kimio> I found eepro100 driver was trying to get swiotlb of (0x610
Kimio> bytes * 1024 = 0x184000) at booting, and this caused swiotlb
Kimio> shortage.

Kimio> I guess the problem might be caused by this modification;

>> - Include eepro1000 and Tigon3 support (various, plus bug fixes
>> by Grant Grundler for these and other gigE cards)

Kimio> In linux-2.4.18/drivers/net/eepro100.c, RX_RING_SIZE is
Kimio> changed to 1024!!

Argh, I'm sorry about that. This wasn't my intention. I think I
misread e100 and e1000 and picked that one up by accident.

I'll fix that and update the 2.4.18 patch shortly. I would like to
have a final 2.4.18 patch without silly issues like these. (Assuming
2.4.19 shows up relatively soon).

--david