Re: 2.6.20-rc7: known regressions (v2) (part 1)

2007-02-03 Thread Adam Kropelin
Eric W. Biederman wrote: "Adam Kropelin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Can I get the corresponding lspci -xxx output. I suspect the BIOS did not program the hypertransport MSI mapping capabilities correctly. All it has to do is set the enable but still, occasionally BIOS write

Re: 2.6.20-rc7: known regressions (v2) (part 1)

2007-02-03 Thread Adam Kropelin
Eric W. Biederman wrote: Auke Kok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: maybe I've been unclear, but here's how e1000 detects link changes: 1) by checking every 2 seconds in the watchdog by reading PHY registers 2) by receiving an interrupt from the NIC with the LSI bit in the interrupt control register

Re: 2.6.20-rc7: known regressions (v2) (part 1)

2007-02-03 Thread Adam Kropelin
Auke Kok wrote: Adam Kropelin wrote: I've never had this device work 100% with MSI on any kernel version I've tested so far. But I'm not the original reporter of the problem, and I believe for him it was a true regression where a previous kernel wored correctly. maybe I'

Re: 2.6.20-rc7: known regressions (v2) (part 1)

2007-02-03 Thread Adam Kropelin
Eric W. Biederman wrote: Auke Kok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: None of the MSI code in e1000 has changed significantly either. as far as I can see, the msi code in e1000 has not changed since 2.6.18. Nonetheless there's no way I can debug any of this without a system. [...] Perhaps Adam can git-b

Re: intel 82571EB gigabit fails to see link on 2.6.20-rc5 in-tree e1000 driver (regression)

2007-01-19 Thread Adam Kropelin
Auke Kok wrote: Adam Kropelin wrote: I haven't been able to test rc5-mm yet because it won't boot on this box. Applying git-e1000 directly to -rc4 or -rc5 results in a number of rejects that I'm not sure how to fix. Some are obvious, but the others I'm unsure of. that wo

Re: intel 82571EB gigabit fails to see link on 2.6.20-rc5 in-tree e1000 driver (regression)

2007-01-19 Thread Adam Kropelin
Auke Kok wrote: Adam Kropelin wrote: I am experiencing the no-link issue on a 82572EI single port copper PCI-E card. I've only tried 2.6.20-rc5, so I cannot tell if this is a regression or not yet. Will test older kernel soon. Can provide details/logs if you want 'em. we&

Re: intel 82571EB gigabit fails to see link on 2.6.20-rc5 in-tree e1000 driver (regression)

2007-01-17 Thread Adam Kropelin
> Allen Parker wrote: >> Allen Parker wrote: >>> From what I've been able to gather, other Intel Pro/1000 chipsets >>> work fine in 2.6.20-rc5. If the e1000 guys need any assistance >>> testing, I'll be more than happy to volunteer myself as a guinea pig >>> for patches. >> >> I wasn't aware t

Re: [PATCH 2/2] pcnet32: PHY selection support

2006-02-17 Thread Adam Kropelin
Seewer Philippe wrote: > Most AMD pcnet chips support up to 32 external PHYs. This patch > introduces basic PHY selection/switching support, by adding two > new module parameters: > -maxphy: how many PHYs the card supports > -usephy: which phy to use instead of eeprom default > > Maxphy is necessa