On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 6:50 AM, Steve D... <blitt...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:38 PM, Denis Heidtmann > <denis.heidtm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I had previously posted this: >> 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] >> Ethernet (rev a2) >> Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82f2 >> Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 2300 >> Memory at fcf7c000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] >> I/O ports at c880 [size=8] >> Memory at fcf7f400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] >> Memory at fcf7f000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16] >> Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 >> Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask+ 64bit+ >> Queue=0/4 Enable+ >> Capabilities: [6c] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable+ Fixed+ >> Kernel driver in use: forcedeth >> Kernel modules: forcedeth >> >> This tells me the driver name. It is not clear to me what to do with >> this information. > > It sounds like you may have a flaky kernel module for that ethernet > chip. The command "modinfo forcedeth" will show you the module > version. You can check if the motherboard or chipset manufacture has > a more recent module available. You will probably need to install the > kernel source code and software build tools to compile the new module. ... > Steve D...
I found this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1095682 I do not know if it relates to my issue. pare...@r2d4:~$ modinfo forcedeth filename: /lib/modules/2.6.28-17-generic/kernel/drivers/net/forcedeth.ko license: GPL description: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver author: Manfred Spraul <manf...@colorfullife.com> srcversion: 9C1164A059BC26160F21FCA alias: pci:v000010DEd00000AB3sv*sd*bc*sc*i* ... (long list)... alias: pci:v000010DEd000001C3sv*sd*bc*sc*i* depends: vermagic: 2.6.28-17-generic SMP mod_unload modversions parm: max_interrupt_work:forcedeth maximum events handled per interrupt (int) parm: optimization_mode:In throughput mode (0), every tx & rx packet will generate an interrupt. In CPU mode (1), interrupts are controlled by a timer. (int) parm: poll_interval:Interval determines how frequent timer interrupt is generated by [(time_in_micro_secs * 100) / (2^10)]. Min is 0 and Max is 65535. (int) parm: msi:MSI interrupts are enabled by setting to 1 and disabled by setting to 0. (int) parm: msix:MSIX interrupts are enabled by setting to 1 and disabled by setting to 0. (int) parm: dma_64bit:High DMA is enabled by setting to 1 and disabled by setting to 0. (int) parm: phy_cross:Phy crossover detection for Realtek 8201 phy is enabled by setting to 1 and disabled by setting to 0. (int) I do not see a module version in a form that is familiar to me. It occurred to me that since the machine supports wake-on-lan, that as long as there is power to the box the network "card" must be active. This could explain why a change in state only occurs through a power-off cycle. Does this help? -Denis _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
