Here is a patch that helped me to get my de2104x NIC working on my PowerMac 5500. As an interesting side effect, it also made my mesh module crash.
Background can be found here: http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg88488.html Risto Allow setting NOT_COHERENT_CACHE explicitly. Signed-off-by: Risto Suominen <risto.suomi...@gmail.com> --- The testing is done on kernel version 2.6.24. --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Kconfig.org 2008-01-25 00:58:37.000000000 +0200 +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Kconfig 2009-02-10 17:44:24.000000000 +0200 @@ -18,4 +18,10 @@ config PPC_PMAC64 select PPC_970_NAP default y - +config NOT_COHERENT_CACHE + bool "Incoherent cache" + default n + help + Setting this option may be necessary for avoiding cache-related + problems with some network cards on some platforms. An example is + 2104x and PowerMac 5500.
Allow setting NOT_COHERENT_CACHE explicitly. Signed-off-by: Risto Suominen <risto.suomi...@gmail.com> --- The testing is done on kernel version 2.6.24. --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Kconfig.org 2008-01-25 00:58:37.000000000 +0200 +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Kconfig 2009-02-10 17:44:24.000000000 +0200 @@ -18,4 +18,10 @@ config PPC_PMAC64 select PPC_970_NAP default y - +config NOT_COHERENT_CACHE + bool "Incoherent cache" + default n + help + Setting this option may be necessary for avoiding cache-related + problems with some network cards on some platforms. An example is + 2104x and PowerMac 5500.
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