From: Olaf Hering <olh@suse.de>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc64-dev@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: pcnet32 does not use the PROM address on powerpc
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 14:03:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051008120316.GA12122@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20051008104725.GA10248@suse.de>
On Sat, Oct 08, Olaf Hering wrote:
> I have a 44p 270, which gets all 0xFF as MAC address if I power if off
> and on again. Further reboots do not fix it.
> But it does get the correct one if I boot into SMS and do a netboot,
> further reboots will always get the correct MAC address
The CSR will get the correct value after the first ifup:
(none):/# modprobe -v pcnet32
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.13.3-20051007_rtas-ppc64/kernel/drivers/net/mii.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.13.3-20051007_rtas-ppc64/kernel/drivers/net/pcnet32.ko
(none):/# ip link set eth0 up
(none):/# rmmod pcnet32
(none):/# modprobe -v pcnet32
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.13.3-20051007_rtas-ppc64/kernel/drivers/net/mii.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.13.3-20051007_rtas-ppc64/kernel/drivers/net/pcnet32.ko
(none):/# dmesg | tail -n 15
pcnet32.c:v1.30j 29.04.2005 tsbogend@alpha.franken.de
PCI: Enabling device: (0000:00:10.0), cmd 143
pcnet32: PCnet/FAST 79C971 at 0xfff400, prom 0004ace4a6d7 csr ffffffffffff, warning: CSR address invalid,
using instead PROM address of 00 04 ac e4 a6 d7
tx_start_pt(0x0c00):~220 bytes, BCR18(68e1):BurstWrEn BurstRdEn DWordIO NoUFlow
SRAMSIZE=0x7f00, SRAM_BND=0x4000, assigned IRQ 18.
eth0: registered as PCnet/FAST 79C971
pcnet32: 1 cards_found.
eth0: link up, 100Mbps, half-duplex, lpa 0x40A1
pcnet32.c:v1.30j 29.04.2005 tsbogend@alpha.franken.de
pcnet32: PCnet/FAST 79C971 at 0xfff400, prom 0004ace4a6d7 csr 0004ace4a6d7, 00 04 ac e4 a6 d7
tx_start_pt(0x0c00):~220 bytes, BCR18(68e1):BurstWrEn BurstRdEn DWordIO NoUFlow
SRAMSIZE=0x7f00, SRAM_BND=0x4000, assigned IRQ 18.
eth0: registered as PCnet/FAST 79C971
pcnet32: 1 cards_found.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-10-08 12:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-10-08 10:47 pcnet32 does not use the PROM address on powerpc Olaf Hering
2005-10-08 12:03 ` Olaf Hering [this message]
2005-10-10 14:23 ` [PATCH] " Olaf Hering
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