From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 22 Mar 2002 17:07:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 22 Mar 2002 17:07:46 -0500 Received: from vasquez.zip.com.au ([203.12.97.41]:24592 "EHLO vasquez.zip.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 22 Mar 2002 17:07:36 -0500 Message-ID: <3C9BAAC8.15580DE@zip.com.au> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 14:06:00 -0800 From: Andrew Morton X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.19-pre2 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rahul Karnik CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 3Com 556B Tornado not working In-Reply-To: <3C9822CD.47ED9565@zip.com.au> <58299.165.89.84.249.1016832733.squirrel@porsche.genebrew.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Rahul Karnik wrote: > > Andrew, > > > And try another you-know-which operating system. If that works OK then > > we know the hardware's good. > > Finally bit the bullet and installed Windows 2000 on the laptop. Now the > card works fine. This means the hardware is good (Thank God!), and that the > vortex driver needs to be fixed. > > By the way, I contacted some of the other people who noted similar behavior > with this card on the vortex mailing list and they confirmed that their > problems continue. Being a developer, I would really like to ditch the > Windows install; how can I help debug this problem? Well, please work off current 2.4.18/2.4.19-pre kernels. Apply http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/3c59x.patch so that we're in sync. Have a BIOS fiddle - disable any power management options, disable APM/ACPI in kernel config, etc. Then please go through the steps in the final section of vortex.txt and send me all the output. The 556 and 556B documentation has never been sighted, but it's probably something silly. Also please send me the `lspci -vvvxxx' output when the card is fully initialised, so I can compare it with my 556b. Thanks. -