CRC stripping is breaking SMBUS-connected BMC's. We disable this feature to make it work. This fixes related bugs regarding SOL.
Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Auke Kok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c | 7 ++++++- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c index c44ed6f..7787299 100644 --- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c @@ -1628,8 +1628,11 @@ e1000_setup_rctl(struct e1000_adapter *a E1000_RCTL_LBM_NO | E1000_RCTL_RDMTS_HALF | (adapter->hw.mc_filter_type << E1000_RCTL_MO_SHIFT); + /* disable hardware stripping of CRC because it breaks + * BMC firmware connected over SMBUS if (adapter->hw.mac_type > e1000_82543) rctl |= E1000_RCTL_SECRC; + */ if (adapter->hw.tbi_compatibility_on == 1) rctl |= E1000_RCTL_SBP; @@ -1696,7 +1699,9 @@ e1000_setup_rctl(struct e1000_adapter *a rfctl |= E1000_RFCTL_IPV6_DIS; E1000_WRITE_REG(&adapter->hw, RFCTL, rfctl); - rctl |= E1000_RCTL_DTYP_PS | E1000_RCTL_SECRC; + /* disable the stripping of CRC because it breaks + * BMC firmware connected over SMBUS */ + rctl |= E1000_RCTL_DTYP_PS /* | E1000_RCTL_SECRC */; psrctl |= adapter->rx_ps_bsize0 >> E1000_PSRCTL_BSIZE0_SHIFT; -- Auke Kok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html