[eepro100] PRO/100+ Fell Asleep, Never Woke Up!
Alvin Oga
aoga@Mail.Linux-Consulting.com
Tue, 19 Sep 2000 13:57:04 -0700 (PDT)
hi basil...
try checking the motherboard bios "power saving" settings...
- turn those power thingies off...
the new intel d815eeaal mb also tries to conserve power and shutdowns
completely after 20 minutes of idle....no way to wake it up except
a reset button.....
oh well
alvin
On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Basil Hussain wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have an Intel PRO/100+ Management Adapter PCI card (make that two, now)
> that I was using happily in a server (PIII-600, 128Mb) under RedHat Linux
> 6.0 (using the out-of-the-box drivers). It was working just fine, up until a
> few days ago. I'm trying to discover whether the config isn't right, or if
> the machine it's in is now broken.
>
> Here's what's happened:
>
> * The situation arises that I need to press the machine into production use.
> Decide to wipe it clean by doing a re-install of RedHat. I configure the
> machine and install software, etc.
>
> * I start to copy some data onto it via FTP. This is where the trouble
> starts. I experience problems exactly similar to what this guy below
> reported on the list back in April. However, I didn't have time to look into
> it, as some other task came up. I shut the machine down for the weekend.
>
> > I don't know what he did, but I have had cases where I _have_ to do an
> > outward ping before eepro100 starts doing anything.
> > Pinging it from outside does not wake it up.
>
> * I return to the office, power on, and all of a sudden the network
> connection is dead. Pinging in or out results in nothing. I suspect I may
> have made a config goof, so I wipe the machine clean again, but still the
> same.
>
> So this is where I'm at now. I can't figure what the hell is going on.
> Here's what I've checked, but to no avail:
>
> * Network cable - used another known-working lead.
> * Switch - changed to another port. Even changed to a different hub.
> * Network card - put in another brand new PRO/100+.
> * PCI slot - moved the card to another PCI slot.
>
> So, I know it's not the card, cable or switch. Could be the motherboard,
> though... Not sure. Hopefully someone here can help me make a decision. I
> enclose below output from ifconfig, eepro100-diag, mii-diag, /proc/pci and
> /proc/interrupts.
>
> Regards,
>
> ------------------------------------------------
> Basil Hussain (basil.hussain@specialreserve.net)
>
>
> ifconfig:
> ---------
>
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:D0:B7:21:EC:82
> inet addr:212.125.93.118 Bcast:212.125.93.127
> Mask:255.255.255.224
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:385 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:107 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> Interrupt:10 Base address:0xec00
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
> RX packets:150 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:150 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>
> eepro100-diag:
> --------------
>
> eepro100-diag.c:v2.02 7/19/2000 Donald Becker (becker@scyld.com)
> http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html
> Index #1: Found a Intel i82557 (or i82558) EtherExpressPro100B adapter at
> 0xec00.
> i82557 chip registers at 0xec00:
> 00000050 0fdb68f0 00000000 00080002 18250021 00000600
> No interrupt sources are pending.
> The transmit unit state is 'Suspended'.
> The receive unit state is 'Ready'.
> This status is normal for an activated but idle interface.
> Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 EEPROM contents:
> Station address 00:D0:B7:21:EC:82.
> Board assembly 721383-008, Physical connectors present: RJ45
> Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
> MII PHY #1 transceiver registers:
> 3000 782d 02a8 0154 05e1 0021 0000 0000
> 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
> 0400 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
> 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000.
> MII PHY #1 transceiver registers:
> 3000 782d 02a8 0154 05e1 0021 0000 0000
> 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
> 0400 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
> 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000.
> Basic mode control register 0x3000: Auto-negotiation enabled.
> Basic mode status register 0x782d ... 782d.
> Link status: established.
> Capable of 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD 10baseT.
> Able to perform Auto-negotiation, negotiation complete.
> Vendor ID is 00:aa:00:--:--:--, model 21 rev. 4.
> No specific information is known about this transceiver type.
> I'm advertising 05e1: Flow-control 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD
> 10baseT
> Advertising no additional info pages.
> IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD protocol.
> Link partner capability is 0021: 10baseT.
> Negotiation did not complete.
>
> mii-diag:
> ---------
>
> Basic registers of MII PHY #1: 3000 782d 02a8 0154 05e1 0021 0000 0000.
> Basic mode control register 0x3000: Auto-negotiation enabled.
> You have link beat, and everything is working OK.
> Your link partner is generating 10baseT link beat (no autonegotiation).
>
> /proc/pci:
> ----------
>
> PCI devices found:
> Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
> Host bridge: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 68).
> Vendor id=1106. Device id=691.
> Medium devsel. Master Capable. No bursts.
> Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0000000 [0xe0000008].
> Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
> PCI bridge: VIA Technologies VT 82C598 Apollo MVP3 AGP (rev 0).
> Medium devsel. Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=12.
> Bus 0, device 7, function 0:
> ISA bridge: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 27).
> Vendor id=1106. Device id=686.
> Medium devsel. Master Capable. No bursts.
> Bus 0, device 7, function 1:
> IDE interface: VIA Technologies VT 82C586 Apollo IDE (rev 6).
> Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable.
> Latency=64.
> I/O at 0xe000 [0xe001].
> Bus 0, device 14, function 0:
> Ethernet controller: Intel 82557 (rev 8).
> Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 10. Master Capable.
> Latency=64. Min Gnt=8.Max Lat=56.
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe9100000 [0xe9100000].
> I/O at 0xec00 [0xec01].
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe9000000 [0xe9000000].
> Bus 1, device 0, function 0:
> VGA compatible controller: ATI Mach64 GB (rev 92).
> Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 11. Master Capable.
> Latency=64. Min Gnt=8.
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe4000000 [0xe4000000].
> I/O at 0xd000 [0xd001].
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe6000000 [0xe6000000].
>
> /proc/interrupts:
> -----------------
>
> CPU0
> 0: 362235 XT-PIC timer
> 1: 2168 XT-PIC keyboard
> 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
> 8: 2 XT-PIC rtc
> 10: 497 XT-PIC Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 Ethernet
> 13: 1 XT-PIC fpu
> 14: 56715 XT-PIC ide0
> 15: 5 XT-PIC ide1
> NMI: 0
>
>
>
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