Re: via-rhine timeouts

[Andrew Morton <akpm@zip.com.au>]

Urban Widmark wrote:
> 
>     writeb(readb(ioaddr + TxConfig) | 0x80, ioaddr + TxConfig);
>     np->tx_thresh = 0x20;
> (linuxfet.c)
> 
>         writeb(0x20, ioaddr + TxConfig);
>         np->tx_thresh = 0x20;
> (via-rhine.c)
> 
> Note how the linuxfet driver sets a higher value but does not make the
> tx_thresh follow, so if it later gets a "IntrTxUnderrun" it will lower the
> threshold. But the chosen value is probably large enough.
> 
> Those of you with this problem could try changing the 0x80 to 0x20 in the
> linuxfet.c driver and see if the problem returns (or the other way around
> in the via-rhine.c driver).
> 

That would certainly explain why people are seeing success
with linuxfet.

Here's the test patch which you describe.  It would be
useful if people could try it..

--- linux-2.4.18-pre6/drivers/net/via-rhine.c	Tue Jan 22 12:38:30 2002
+++ linux-akpm/drivers/net/via-rhine.c	Wed Jan 23 12:42:18 2002
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ static void init_registers(struct net_de
 	/* Initialize other registers. */
 	writew(0x0006, ioaddr + PCIBusConfig);	/* Tune configuration??? */
 	/* Configure the FIFO thresholds. */
-	writeb(0x20, ioaddr + TxConfig);	/* Initial threshold 32 bytes */
+	writeb(0x80, ioaddr + TxConfig);	/* Initial threshold 32 bytes */
 	np->tx_thresh = 0x20;
 	np->rx_thresh = 0x60;			/* Written in via_rhine_set_rx_mode(). */
 
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