[eepro100] should i be worried about my eepro cards

[Donald Becker]

On 13 Jun 2002, Joe Radinger wrote:

> Subject: [eepro100] should i be worried about my eepro cards

Yes.

> 33Mhz pci + 66Mhz pci
> 4*dualport eepro100 cards (two on 33Mhz, two on 66Mhz)
> 1 onboard eepro100
>
> eepro100.c:v1.17a 8/7/2001 Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com>
>   http://www.scyld.com/network/eepro100.html
> divert: allocating divert_blk for eth0

Presumably you are running a patched kernel to have the divert code...

> eth0: Intel PCI EtherExpress Pro100 at 0xa0042000, 00:09:6B:B0:21:55,
>   Board assembly ffffff-255, Physical connectors present: RJ45

This must be the on-board NIC?  Usually that's at the end of bus 0

> eth1: Intel PCI EtherExpress Pro100 at 0xa0044000, 00:02:B3:A9:A2:F9,
>   Board assembly a56831-002, Physical connectors present: RJ45
> eth2: Intel PCI EtherExpress Pro100 at 0xa0046000, 00:02:B3:A9:A2:FA,
>   Board assembly a56831-002, Physical connectors present: RJ45

One pair, good detection.

> eth3: Intel PCI EtherExpress Pro100 at 0xa0048000, 00:02:B3:A9:A5:E7,
>   Board assembly a56831-002, Physical connectors present: RJ45
> eth4: Intel PCI EtherExpress Pro100 at 0xa004a000, 00:02:B3:A9:A5:E8,
>   Board assembly a56831-002, Physical connectors present: RJ45

Same type of board

> eth5: Invalid EEPROM checksum 0x5773, check settings before activating
> this device!

Ohhh, bad news.

> eth5: Intel PCI EtherExpress Pro100 at 0xa004c000, FF:FF:B3:A9:FF:FF,

Bad station address.  All other information is suspect.
Do not activate this device.

>   Board assembly ffff31-002, Physical connectors present: RJ45
>   Primary interface chip unknown-15 PHY #31.

This will prevent the NIC from working correctly.

> eth6: Invalid EEPROM checksum 0x5673, check settings before activating
> this device!
> eth6: Intel PCI EtherExpress Pro100 at 0xa004e000, FF:FF:B3:A9:FF:FF,
> IRQ 15.
> eth7: Invalid EEPROM checksum 0x1d72, check settings before activating
> this device!
> eth7: Intel PCI EtherExpress Pro100 at 0xa0050000, FF:FF:B3:A9:FF:FF,
> eth8: Invalid EEPROM checksum 0x1c72, check settings before activating
> this device!
> eth8: Intel PCI EtherExpress Pro100 at 0xa0052000, FF:FF:B3:A9:FF:FF,

> attached is the output from eepro100-diag -a -e -m -f

Hmmm, the diag program didn't have a problem reading the EEPROM.

Which interfaces are on the 66Mhz bus?
I've tested the driver with a 66Mhz PCI bus, but there might be some
timing issue.  Or this might just be a bus bridge issue.

Try compiling the driver with the additional flag
    -DUSE_IO_OPS

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