[tulip-bug] Problems with 21041 in 2.4.9, worked in 2.2.19

[Edwin Chiu]

Hi,

I downloaded the tulip 0.9.14 driver and that seems to work.
Kernel 2.4.9 comes with 0.9.15-pre6

The DE4x5 driver works as well, but I get carrier errors for
every packet sent...

Regards,
Edwin

Edwin Chiu wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Here is ths situation:
> 
> I have a 21041, I think it's an Acer or D-link fast ethernet card that
> worked with 2.2.10 thru 2.2.19.
> 
> The new driver in 2.4.9 doesn't seem to work with the card... I can
> see it sending packets on the switch, but it's definitely not receiving
> anything, b/c the arp tables are empty.
> 
> Tried the stock 2.4.9 driver and the one that Jeff maintains on
> sourceforge (tulip-1.1.8)
> 
> Here is some tulip-diag output:
> 
> tulip-diag.c:v2.08 5/15/2001 Donald Becker (becker@scyld.com)
>  http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html
> Index #1: Found a Digital DC21041 Tulip adapter at 0xe400.
> Digital DC21041 Tulip chip registers at 0xe400:
>  0x00: ffe08000 ffffffff ffffffff 0ec50000 0ec50200 fc000112 fffe0200 fffe0000
>  0x40: fffe0000 ffff4bf0 ffffffff fffe0000 41e1d5c8 ffffef01 ffffffff ffff0008
>  Port selection is full-duplex.
>  Transmit stopped, Receive stopped, full-duplex.
>   The Rx process state is 'Stopped'.
>   The Tx process state is 'Stopped'.
>   The transmit unit is set to store-and-forward.
>   The NWay status register is 41e1d5c8.
>   Internal autonegotiation state is 'Negotiation complete'.
> Index #2: Found a Digital DS21140 Tulip adapter at 0xec00.
>  * A potential Tulip chip has been found, but it appears to be active.
>  * Either shutdown the network, or use the '-f' flag to see all values.
> Digital DS21140 Tulip chip registers at 0xec00:
>  0x00: ffa08000 ffffffff ffffffff 0fab5000 0fab5200 fc660000 32042202 ffffebef
>  Port selection is MII, full-duplex.
>  Transmit started, Receive started, full-duplex.
>   The Rx process state is 'Waiting for packets'.
>   The Tx process state is 'Idle'.
>   The transmit threshold is 128.
> 
> --
>  (tulip-diag -a -f)
> 
> tulip-diag.c:v2.08 5/15/2001 Donald Becker (becker@scyld.com)
>  http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html
> Index #1: Found a Digital DC21041 Tulip adapter at 0xe400.
> Digital DC21041 Tulip chip registers at 0xe400:
>  0x00: ffe08000 ffffffff ffffffff 0ec50000 0ec50200 fc000112 fffe0200 fffe0000
>  0x40: fffe0000 ffff4bf0 ffffffff fffe0000 41e1d5c8 ffffef01 ffffffff ffff0008
>  Port selection is full-duplex.
>  Transmit stopped, Receive stopped, full-duplex.
>   The Rx process state is 'Stopped'.
>   The Tx process state is 'Stopped'.
>   The transmit unit is set to store-and-forward.
>   The NWay status register is 41e1d5c8.
>   Internal autonegotiation state is 'Negotiation complete'.
> Index #2: Found a Digital DS21140 Tulip adapter at 0xec00.
> Digital DS21140 Tulip chip registers at 0xec00:
>  0x00: ffa08000 ffffffff ffffffff 0fab5000 0fab5200 fc660000 32042202 ffffebef
>  0x40: e0000000 fff583ff ffffffff fffe0000 ffffff40 ffffffff 1c09fdc0 fffffec8
>  Port selection is MII, full-duplex.
>  Transmit started, Receive started, full-duplex.
>   The Rx process state is 'Waiting for packets'.
>   The Tx process state is 'Idle'.
>   The transmit threshold is 128.