From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Kosin Subject: Re: EG20T and Micrel KSZ9021 Gigabit Ethernet Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:21:59 -0400 Message-ID: <507D97B7.5090002@intcomgrp.com> References: <506F30A2.500@intcomgrp.com> <20121005195343.GA7083@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> <506F41FC.7080108@intcomgrp.com> <20121005210910.GA10931@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> <507D95A2.9090206@intcomgrp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input) Return-path: Received: from server104.appriver.com ([207.97.242.188]:2123 "EHLO server104.appriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755098Ab2JPRWB (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:22:01 -0400 Received: from [216.54.13.100] (HELO MAILSRV2010.intcomgrp.com) by server104.appriver.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.4) with ESMTPS id 8851791 for netdev@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:22:00 -0400 In-Reply-To: <507D95A2.9090206@intcomgrp.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: I have to remember to use plain text only.... On 10/16/2012 1:13 PM, James Kosin wrote: > Hmmm... interesting turn of events. > > The problem seems to be in 10 speed support. I hooked the Ethernet > PHY to a100TX port and don't get these errors. > > James > > On 10/5/2012 5:09 PM, Francois Romieu wrote: >> (please don't top post) >> >> James Kosin : >>> The driver is always reporting: >>> [...] pch_gbe: Transfer Carrier Sense Error >> You should send more information. Say dmesg, link stats (ip link), >> ethtool information, stats and offload settings. >> >> We have a small Micrel ksz9021 phy driver that the pch_gbe driver does >> not use and the latter pokes into some phy specific register (0x10) that >> the Micrel document does not include in its list of vendor registers... >> >> Does your motherboard vendor offer some linux driver ? >> >> /note to myself: pch_gbe should use standard mii.h registers instead >> of defining its own redundant set of registers. >> >> -- >> Ueimor >> >