Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Jan 2004 23:10:04 +0100 | From | Piotr Kaczuba <> | Subject | Re: tulip driver: errors instead TX packets? |
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Adam Kropelin wrote: > On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 01:16:03PM +0100, Piotr Kaczuba wrote: > >>Here is the output of dmesg after setting TULIP_DEBUG to 4 and starting >>pppd (eth0 is used by PPPoE). I agree that the code looks okay but > > > <snip> > >>eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 1a078c80. > > > That would be heartbeat failure, no carrier, and loss of carrier. It's > interesting that you seem to be able to get valid packets on the wire > because the latter two errors are usually quite fatal. I suspect either > the Comet is just buggy and those error bits aren't to be trusted or > there is something wrong with the PHY config. I don't have docs on the > Comet PHY so there's not much I can do. > > On whim, does the patch below change anything for you? > > --Adam > > > --- linux-2.6.1/drivers/net/tulip/tulip_core.c.orig Sun Jan 11 12:06:34 2004 > +++ linux-2.6.1/drivers/net/tulip/tulip_core.c Sun Jan 11 12:09:13 2004 > @@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ > /* Enable automatic Tx underrun recovery. */ > outl(inl(ioaddr + 0x88) | 1, ioaddr + 0x88); > dev->if_port = tp->mii_cnt ? 11 : 0; > - tp->csr6 = 0x00040000; > + tp->csr6 = 0x000C0000; > } else if (tp->chip_id == AX88140) { > tp->csr6 = tp->mii_cnt ? 0x00040100 : 0x00000100; > } else >
Unfortunately, not. The errors are still there, but the status code has changed. Below is an excerpt from kern.log after applying the patch.
> Jan 12 21:34:57 orbiter kernel: Linux Tulip driver version 1.1.13 (May 11, 2002) > Jan 12 21:34:57 orbiter kernel: eth0: ADMtek Comet rev 49 at 0xe1fea000, 00:04:75:B1:E0:77, IRQ 10. > Jan 12 21:35:09 orbiter kernel: eth0: tulip_up(), irq==10. > Jan 12 21:35:09 orbiter kernel: eth0: Done tulip_up(), CSR0 fff98000, CSR5 fc664010 CSR6 ff9f2113. > Jan 12 21:35:09 orbiter kernel: eth0: Added filter for 33:33:00:00:00:01 f99baaba bit 31. > Jan 12 21:35:09 orbiter kernel: eth0: Added filter for 33:33:ff:b1:e0:77 35362b05 bit 44. > Jan 12 21:35:09 orbiter kernel: eth0: Added filter for 33:33:00:00:00:01 f99baaba bit 31. > Jan 12 21:35:09 orbiter kernel: eth0: Added filter for 33:33:ff:b1:e0:77 35362b05 bit 44. > Jan 12 21:35:09 orbiter kernel: eth0: Added filter for 33:33:00:00:00:01 f99baaba bit 31. > Jan 12 21:35:09 orbiter kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 1a078c00. > Jan 12 21:35:09 orbiter kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 1a078c00. > Jan 12 21:35:09 orbiter kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 1a078c00. > Jan 12 21:35:09 orbiter kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 1a078c00. > Jan 12 21:35:10 orbiter kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 1a078c00. > Jan 12 21:35:10 orbiter kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 1a078c00. > Jan 12 21:35:12 orbiter kernel: eth0: Comet link status 0000 partner capability 0000. > Jan 12 21:35:12 orbiter kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 1a078c00. > Jan 12 21:35:12 orbiter kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 2a0b8c00. > Jan 12 21:35:12 orbiter kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 2a0b8c00. > Jan 12 21:35:12 orbiter kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 1a078c00. > Jan 12 21:35:13 orbiter kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 2a0b8c00. > Jan 12 21:35:13 orbiter kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 1a078c00. > Jan 12 21:35:13 orbiter kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 1a078c00. > Jan 12 21:35:13 orbiter kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 1a078c00. > Jan 12 21:35:13 orbiter kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 1a078c00. > Jan 12 21:35:13 orbiter kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 1a078c00. > Jan 12 21:35:14 orbiter kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 1a078c00. > Jan 12 21:35:15 orbiter kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 1a078c00. > Jan 12 21:35:18 orbiter kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 1a078c00. > Jan 12 21:35:18 orbiter kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 1a078c00. > Jan 12 21:35:18 orbiter kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 1a078c00. > Jan 12 21:35:19 orbiter kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 1a078c00. > Jan 12 21:35:19 orbiter kernel: eth0: no IPv6 routers present > Jan 12 21:35:20 orbiter kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 1a078c00. > Jan 12 21:35:20 orbiter kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 1a078c00. > Jan 12 21:35:21 orbiter kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 1a078c00. > Jan 12 21:35:32 orbiter kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 1a078c00.
Piotr Kaczuba
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