Hi Stephen,

Stephen Hemminger wrote:
This fixes the regression in 2.6.21 for users with 88e8056 on motherboard.
Allow all but the Gigabyte motherboard has some unresolved bus problems.

+       /* Some Gigabyte motherboards have 88e8056 but cause problems
+        * There is some unresolved hardware related problem that causes
+        * descriptor errors and receive data corruption.
+        */
+       if (pdev->vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_MARVELL &&
+           pdev->device == 0x4364 && pdev->subsystem_vendor == 0x1458) {
+               dev_err(&pdev->dev,
+                       "88E8056 on Gigabyte motherboards not supported\n");

Gentoo have reports of sky2 working fine on Gigabyte boards which have 88E8056 devices:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=176219

Can the patch be refined further?

Specifically:

Gigabyte DQ6
03:00.0 0200: 11ab:4364 (rev 12)
        Subsystem: 1458:e000
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 219
        Region 0: Memory at f7000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Region 2: I/O ports at 7000 [size=256]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at 40000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 3
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME-
        Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data
        Capabilities: [5c] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0
Enable+
                Address: 00000000fee0300c  Data: 413a
        Capabilities: [e0] Express Legacy Endpoint IRQ 0
Device: Supported: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, ExtTag-
                Device: Latency L0s unlimited, L1 unlimited
                Device: AtnBtn- AtnInd- PwrInd-
                Device: Errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
                Device: RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
                Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
Link: Supported Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Port 0
                Link: Latency L0s <256ns, L1 unlimited
                Link: ASPM Disabled RCB 128 bytes CommClk- ExtSynch-
                Link: Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
00: ab 11 64 43 07 04 10 00 12 00 00 02 08 00 00 00
10: 04 00 00 f7 00 00 00 00 01 70 00 00 00 00 00 00
20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 58 14 00 e0
30: 00 00 00 00 48 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0a 01 00 00


Gigabyte S3: sorry, no lspci dump available yet

Gigabyte DS3:
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown
device [11ab:4364] (rev 12)
        Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device [1458:e000]
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
        Region 0: Memory at f8000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Region 2: I/O ports at 8000 [size=256]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at 40000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 3
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME-
        Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [5c] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0
Enable-
                Address: 0000000000000000  Data: 0000
        Capabilities: [e0] Express Legacy Endpoint IRQ 0
Device: Supported: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, ExtTag-
                Device: Latency L0s unlimited, L1 unlimited
                Device: AtnBtn- AtnInd- PwrInd-
                Device: Errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
                Device: RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
                Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
Link: Supported Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Port 0
                Link: Latency L0s <256ns, L1 unlimited
                Link: ASPM Disabled RCB 128 bytes CommClk- ExtSynch-
                Link: Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
00: ab 11 64 43 07 00 10 00 12 00 00 02 08 00 00 00
10: 04 00 00 f8 00 00 00 00 01 80 00 00 00 00 00 00
20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 58 14 00 e0
30: 00 00 00 00 48 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0b 01 00 00


-
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

Reply via email to