Re: [PATCH] Re: Problem with SMC Etherpower II + kernel newer 2.4.2

2001-07-06 Thread Francois Romieu
Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ecrit : [...] > --- /spare/tmp/linux-2.4.7-pre3/drivers/net/epic100.c Mon Jul 2 21:03:04 2001 > +++ linux/drivers/net/epic100.c Fri Jul 6 12:56:40 2001 [...] > /* The user-configurable values. > @@ -448,7 +451,7 @@ > outl(0x0008, ioaddr + TEST1); >

[PATCH] Re: Problem with SMC Etherpower II + kernel newer 2.4.2

2001-07-06 Thread Jeff Garzik
Here is the patch I have in CVS, against kernel 2.4.7-pre3. -- Jeff Garzik | A recent study has shown that too much soup Building 1024| can cause malaise in laboratory mice. MandrakeSoft | --- /spare/tmp/linux-2.4.7-pre3/drivers/net/epic100.c Mon Jul 2 21:03:04 2001 +++ linux/dri

Re: Problem with SMC Etherpower II + kernel newer 2.4.2

2001-07-06 Thread Juergen Wolf
Jeff Garzik wrote: > > Does it work with this line? > > outl(0x12, ioaddr + MIICfg); > yes, works fine too Regards, Juergen - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel

Re: Problem with SMC Etherpower II + kernel newer 2.4.2

2001-07-06 Thread Jeff Garzik
Juergen Wolf wrote: > > Francois Romieu wrote: > > > > Could you try 2.4.6 with just this modification: ? > > > > hm, looks like thats really the point. After applying your diff file > everything works fine. Does it work with this line? outl(0x12, ioaddr + MIICfg); -- Jeff Garzik | A re

Re: Problem with SMC Etherpower II + kernel newer 2.4.2

2001-07-06 Thread Juergen Wolf
Francois Romieu wrote: > > Could you try 2.4.6 with just this modification: ? > hm, looks like thats really the point. After applying your diff file everything works fine. Regards, Juergen - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a messag

Re: Problem with SMC Etherpower II + kernel newer 2.4.2

2001-07-06 Thread Francois Romieu
Juergen Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ecrit : [...] > Luckily I got a very helpfull hint from Hans-Christian Armingeon in > reply to my questions here on the list. The epic100.c from > http://lrcwww.epfl.ch/~boch/sw/epic100.c.txt fixes the problem in all > the affected kernel versions. Interesting. -

Re: Problem with SMC Etherpower II + kernel newer 2.4.2

2001-07-06 Thread Juergen Wolf
Francois Romieu wrote: > > Is X or something like a nvidia module enabled ? > Hi, the nvidia modul is not loaded or enabled but X is running sometimes. Anyways, it seems to happen if X is not running too. Luckily I got a very helpfull hint from Hans-Christian Armingeon in reply to my question

Re: Problem with SMC Etherpower II + kernel newer 2.4.2

2001-07-04 Thread Florian Schmitt
> Could you specify what you mean by "very high network traffic" in terms > of interrupt rate and Mb/s ? > Ftp on full CD content or gross ping -f doesn't kill it under 2.4 here. > autonegociation sucks sometimes. That's about what I did, except that I saved the data to a nfs mounted disk. > Dif

Re: Problem with SMC Etherpower II + kernel newer 2.4.2

2001-07-04 Thread Francois Romieu
Juergen Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ecrit : [...] Jul 2 13:06:59 localhost kernel: eth0: Too much work at interrupt, IntrStatus=0x008d0004. Receive Status Valid Receive Copy In Progress Transmit Idle Receive Queue Empty -> no more receive buffer available It looks like one waits too long before p

Re: Problem with SMC Etherpower II + kernel newer 2.4.2

2001-07-04 Thread Juergen Wolf
John Jasen wrote: > > a) bad cable? > b) not negotiating speed and duplex with the switch correctly? > c) bad card? > Hi, The same errors show up with the network cable plugged or unplugged on all computers with the SMC card around here. But all these computers are equipped with nearly the

Re: Problem with SMC Etherpower II + kernel newer 2.4.2

2001-07-04 Thread Francois Romieu
Florian Schmitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ecrit : [...] > Same problem here, it won't run at all on newer kernels. But it isn't even > 100% stable in 2.2.x here - on very high network traffic the card stops > working. In this case, it helps to pull the network plug for a short time, Could you specif

Re: Problem with SMC Etherpower II + kernel newer 2.4.2

2001-07-03 Thread Olivier Sessink
On 0, Florian Schmitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Does anybody else got these errors or knows about a solution for this ?? > > Same problem here, it won't run at all on newer kernels. But it isn't even > 100% stable in 2.2.x here - on very high network traffic the card stops > working. I

Re: Problem with SMC Etherpower II + kernel newer 2.4.2

2001-07-03 Thread Florian Schmitt
> Does anybody else got these errors or knows about a solution for this ?? Same problem here, it won't run at all on newer kernels. But it isn't even 100% stable in 2.2.x here - on very high network traffic the card stops working. In this case, it helps to pull the network plug for a short tim

Re: Problem with SMC Etherpower II + kernel newer 2.4.2

2001-07-02 Thread John Jasen
On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Juergen Wolf wrote: > currently I experience some strange problems with every kernels newer > than 2.4.2 and my SMC Etherpower II network card. While running such a > kernel, the network hangs and I get lots of errors like these listed > below: under the dumb question departm