NIC on Intel STL2 - bad work with eepro100 & e100

NIC on Intel STL2 - bad work with eepro100 & e100

[Andrey Nekrasov]

Hello.


1. Hardware:
			Intel Server Board STL2.
      Network: onboard NIC "Intel(R) 82559 single chip PCI LAN controller"

   Software: 
			Linux kernel up-to version 2.4.20pre9 + arp hidden patch.


2. dmesg:

...
Intel(R) PRO/100 Network Driver - version 2.1.15-k1
Copyright (c) 2002 Intel Corporation

e100: hw init failed
e100: Failed to initialize, instance #0
...


3. cat /proc/pci

...
  Bus  0, device   3, function  0:
    Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 8).
      IRQ 18.
      Master Capable.  Latency=66.  Min Gnt=8.Max Lat=56.
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfb101000 [0xfb101fff].
      I/O at 0x5400 [0x543f].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfb000000 [0xfb0fffff].
...


ps. eepro100 driver work, but bad.

dmesg:
...
<4>eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 Donald Becker http://www.scyld.com/network/eepro100.html
<4>eepro100.c: $Revision: 1.36 $ 2000/11/17 Modified by Andrey V. Savochkin <saw@saw.sw.com.s
<6>eth0: OEM i82557/i82558 10/100 Ethernet, 00:D0:B7:B6:B2:8B, IRQ 18.
<6>  Board assembly 000000-000, Physical connectors present: RJ45
<6>  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
<6>  General self-test: passed.
<6>  Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
<6>  Internal registers self-test: passed.
<6>  ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x04f4518b).
...
...
eepro100: wait_for_cmd_done timeout!
eepro100: wait_for_cmd_done timeout!
eepro100: wait_for_cmd_done timeout!
eepro100: wait_for_cmd_done timeout!
eepro100: wait_for_cmd_done timeout!
eepro100: wait_for_cmd_done timeout!
...

And periodically freeze.



-- 
bye.
Andrey Nekrasov, SpyLOG.

Re: NIC on Intel STL2 - bad work with eepro100 & e100

[Paul P Komkoff Jr]

Replying to Andrey Nekrasov:
> 			Intel Server Board STL2.
>       Network: onboard NIC "Intel(R) 82559 single chip PCI LAN controller"

I have almost the same behavior here except that eepro100 works
without freezes. Maybe spylog servers' NIC load is much more higher
than mine :)

Intel support guys advised me to test both versions of e100 driver.

ftp://aiedownload.intel.com/df-support/2896/eng/e100-2.1.15.tar.gz
ftp://aiedownload.intel.com/df-support/2896/eng/e100-1.8.38.tar.gz

Unfortunately, I haven't tested it yet. My investigation shows that
the following fragment of e100_main.c code fails:

<code from="e100_hw_init">
     if (!e100_wait_exec_cmplx(bdp, 0, SCB_RUC_LOAD_BASE))
            return false;
</code>

we returning false here.

And I am stalled for now till the end of next week until the ACM ICPC
Qfinal is over :(

-- 
Paul P 'Stingray' Komkoff 'Greatest' Jr /// (icq)23200764 /// (http)stingr.net
  When you're invisible, the only one really watching you is you (my keychain)

Re: NIC on Intel STL2 - bad work with eepro100 & e100

[Kallol Biswas]

I believe the problem is due to the sleep mode bit,
I  think the errata of Intel-STL2 documents it. We had a similar problem with our

STL2 based board,
clearing the sleep mode fixed it.

Paul P Komkoff Jr wrote:

> Replying to Andrey Nekrasov:
> >                       Intel Server Board STL2.
> >       Network: onboard NIC "Intel(R) 82559 single chip PCI LAN controller"
>
> I have almost the same behavior here except that eepro100 works
> without freezes. Maybe spylog servers' NIC load is much more higher
> than mine :)
>
> Intel support guys advised me to test both versions of e100 driver.
>
> ftp://aiedownload.intel.com/df-support/2896/eng/e100-2.1.15.tar.gz
> ftp://aiedownload.intel.com/df-support/2896/eng/e100-1.8.38.tar.gz
>
> Unfortunately, I haven't tested it yet. My investigation shows that
> the following fragment of e100_main.c code fails:
>
> <code from="e100_hw_init">
>      if (!e100_wait_exec_cmplx(bdp, 0, SCB_RUC_LOAD_BASE))
>             return false;
> </code>
>
> we returning false here.
>
> And I am stalled for now till the end of next week until the ACM ICPC
> Qfinal is over :(
>
> --
> Paul P 'Stingray' Komkoff 'Greatest' Jr /// (icq)23200764 /// (http)stingr.net
>   When you're invisible, the only one really watching you is you (my keychain)
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