From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030362AbWGTQ0d (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:26:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030363AbWGTQ0c (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:26:32 -0400 Received: from mga02.intel.com ([134.134.136.20]:45207 "EHLO orsmga101-1.jf.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030362AbWGTQ0c (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:26:32 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.07,163,1151910000"; d="scan'208"; a="68174216:sNHT3212314987" Message-ID: <44BFADA6.6090909@intel.com> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:21:58 -0700 From: Auke Kok User-Agent: Mail/News 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060617) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pavel Machek CC: cramerj@intel.com, john.ronciak@intel.com, jesse.brandeburg@intel.com, jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com, kernel list Subject: Re: e1000: "fix" it on thinkpad x60 / eeprom checksum read fails References: <20060721005832.GA1889@elf.ucw.cz> In-Reply-To: <20060721005832.GA1889@elf.ucw.cz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Jul 2006 16:22:56.0730 (UTC) FILETIME=[C26613A0:01C6AC18] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Pavel Machek wrote: > e1000 in thinkpad x60 fails without this dirty hack. What to do with > it? > > Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek NAK, certainly this should never be merged in any tree... this is a known issue that we're tracking here: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1474679&group_id=42302&atid=447449 Summary of the issue: Lenovo has used certain BIOS versions where ASPD/DSPD was turned on which turns the PHY off when no cable is inserted to save power. The e1000 driver already turns off this feature but can't do this until the driver is loaded. It seems that turning this feature on causes the MAC to give read errors. Lenovo seems to have the feature turned off in their latest BIOS versions, we encourage all people to upgrade their BIOS with the latest version from Lenovo (available from their website). It seems that for at least 2 people, this has fixed the problem. Inserting a cable obviously might also work :) We did reproduce the problem initially with the old BIOS (1.01-1.03) on a T60 system, but unfortunately the bug disappeared into nothingness. Bypassing the checksum leaves the NIC in an uncertain state and is not recommended. Auke