I'm bumping to this post to see if maybe the patches can get included in mainline?
I haven't heard of anything in a while, but I know there are still people waiting for this to be included. Thanks! Brandon Penglase On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:20:16 +0000 "Kevin Tran" <kt...@broadcom.com> wrote: > Attached are the patches that will fix issues where iPXE fails in > 1Gbps mode when APE (management firmware) is disabled. Brandon and > others have confirmed that these patches fixed their problems. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Tran > Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 3:28 PM > To: 'Brandon Penglase'; ipxe-devel@lists.ipxe.org > Subject: RE: [ipxe-devel] Recent tg3 driver commits still fail on > gigabit > > Hi Brandon, > We were able to reproduce the issue you reported on BCM5764m. We > already resolved this. I will send you the fixes on other e-mail. > Once you confirm that your issue is fixed, we will submit the changes. > > Thanks! > Kevin > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brandon Penglase [mailto:bpenglase-i...@spaceservices.net] > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 10:57 AM > To: ipxe-devel@lists.ipxe.org > Cc: Kevin Tran > Subject: Re: [ipxe-devel] Recent tg3 driver commits still fail on > gigabit > > Kevin, > Thanks for getting back to us. > It seems the only b57diag I've been able to find is from 2004 > (or earlier). The download I'm finding on the website is for > b57udiag, which doesn't seem to have the -b57eng option. When I use > the one from 2004, I get "Invalid device 0 requested." I don't > believe there is any sort of management on this machine that would be > involved. It's a Dell FX160, BIOS A07. It does have the ImageServer > option, but it is not currently enabled. According to the b57udiag > -dir it finds: 0 5764M:B0 02:00:0 Ex1 250 FEBF 10 128k/128k > 00262d21e4ec 5764m-v3.35 W > > If it helps, I only have the problem when booting with a > ipxe.usb thats been DD'd to a 2gb thumb drive. I haven't tried a CD > yet, but using the built in UNDI to chainload to iPXE ends up working > fine. I have used two different gigabit switches, the original was a > 16port Linksys one, the current is a 8port Netgear GS108. > > Brandon Penglase > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Kevin Tran ktran at broadcom.com > Tue Aug 21 23:49:47 BST 2012 > > Hi Brandon, > > I tested iPXE with BCM5764m and it works fine for me even with 1G > port on the Dell 6224 switch. I didn't test out all possible device > configurations yet. We mainly focused our testing on BCM5719 devices. > > Your problem might be due to the fact that management firmware is > enabled on the your setup . I need to reproduce your problem in my > environment and I need the configuration of your NIC. > > > > 1. Enter engineering mode > > B57diag -b57eng > > 2. log mycfg.txt > > 3. dev > > 4. dir > > 5. secfg > > 6. press <enter> a few times and then type cancel. > > 7. close > > > > All the configuration will be captured in the mycfg.txt. Send me the > file mycfg.txt. > > > > Thanks! > > Kevin > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brandon Penglase [mailto:bpenglase-ipxe at spaceservices.net] > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 8:25 AM > To: ipxe-devel at lists.ipxe.org > Cc: Brendon Walsh; Kevin Tran > Subject: Re: [ipxe-devel] Recent tg3 driver commits still fail on > gigabit > > > > Should have added this one too: > > http://lists.ipxe.org/pipermail/ipxe-devel/2012-May/001477.html , > where we had actually worked on it in the IRC Channel. > > > > Brandon Penglase > > > > On 08/21/12 11:15, Brandon Penglase wrote: > > > I noticed this, this morning as well. I plan to do some debugging > > this > > > afternoon, once I get some other issues out of the way from the > > start > > > of our semester. > > > I'm not sure if Kevin has seen the previous post or not, but it's > > > here: > > http://lists.ipxe.org/pipermail/ipxe-devel/2012-May/001461.html . > > > > > > I do want to thank the guys/gals at Broadcom who are putting an > > effort > > > into this, as it does appear to have fixed a different issue we had > > > (If you booted via USB, into a WinPE image, the WinPE image was not > > > able to use the NIC. This appears to be working as expected now). > > > > > > I plan to do a DEBUG=tg3 build, so if more debugging, or another is > > > requested, let me know and I can include that. The machine I have > > for > > > testing does have a Serial output, so I can easily grab any console > > > output. > > > > > > Brandon Penglase > > > > > > > > > On 08/21/12 10:53, Brendon Walsh wrote: > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> I just wanted to notify everyone that the recent commit with fixes > > >> for the tg3 driver (a05871d89ad9b94248049c66f238092fc896e9aa) have > > >> not made any noticeable difference in regards to functionality on > > >> gigabit interfaces. > > >> > > >> I am testing with BCM5764M and while iPXE will function properly > >> on > > >> 100Mbit, it fails on DHCP still on a gigabit link. This behaviour > >> is > > >> the same as before this commit. > > >> > > >> Thanks Kevin and all others who are working on this. I can provide > > >> any data that may help with resolving this issue. > > >> > > >> Brendon > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> ipxe-devel mailing list > > >> ipxe-devel at lists.ipxe.org<mailto:ipxe-devel at lists.ipxe.org> > > >> https://lists.ipxe.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/ipxe-devel > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > ipxe-devel mailing list > > > ipxe-devel at lists.ipxe.org<mailto:ipxe-devel at lists.ipxe.org> > > > https://lists.ipxe.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/ipxe-devel > > > > _______________________________________________ ipxe-devel mailing list ipxe-devel@lists.ipxe.org https://lists.ipxe.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/ipxe-devel