[eepro100] eepro cmd_wait

[Simon Huggins]

Hi,

We have a server running 2.2.18 + RAID which has an eepro100 in it.
It's connected to a Dlink DFE 816 100 16port 100baseTX hub.

When the machine boots we get a whole series of timeout errors.

Jan 18 11:58:09 miguet kernel: eepro100: cmd_wait for(0x70) timedout with(0x70)!
Jan 18 11:58:09 miguet kernel: eepro100: cmd_wait for(0x10) timedout with(0x10)!
Jan 18 11:58:09 miguet kernel: eepro100: cmd_wait for(0xffffff90) timedout with(0xffffff90)!
Jan 18 11:58:38 miguet last message repeated 38 times
Jan 18 11:58:50 miguet last message repeated 12 times


After a "ifdown eth0; ifup eth0" it repeated but then when I tried again
it worked.

I have it on good authority that when the ethernet cable isn't connected
during the boot and is connected later that it works.

Jan 18 12:49:54 miguet kernel: eth0: 0 multicast blocks dropped.
Jan 18 12:50:04 miguet kernel: eepro100: cmd_wait for(0x70) timedout with(0x70)!
Jan 18 12:50:04 miguet kernel: eepro100: cmd_wait for(0x10) timedout with(0x10)!
Jan 18 12:50:04 miguet kernel: eepro100: cmd_wait for(0xffffff90) timedout with(0xffffff90)!
Jan 18 12:50:36 miguet last message repeated 36 times
Jan 18 12:50:42 miguet last message repeated 8 times
Jan 18 12:50:42 miguet kernel: eth0: 0 multicast blocks dropped.


The server is a backup server essentially so I should be able to provide
reasonable testing if such is desired.

Here's the dmesg output and lspci:

Jan 18 10:54:21 miguet kernel: eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 Donald Becker http:// cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/eepro100.html
Jan 18 10:54:21 miguet kernel: eepro100.c: $Revision: 1.20.2.10 $ 2000/05/31 Modified by Andrey V. Savochkin <saw@saw.sw.com.sg> and others
Jan 18 10:54:21 miguet kernel: eepro100.c: VA Linux custom, Dragan Stancevic <visitor@valinux.com> 2000/11/15

miguet:/usr/src/linux/drivers/net# lspci -s 00:06.0 -v 
00:06.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 10ca
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 19
        Memory at f4102000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
        I/O ports at 1800
        Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

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