[tulip-bug] NetGear FA511 problems

[Jeremiah Savage]

>From: Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com>
>Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 07:44:36 -0500 (EST)
>
>On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Jeremiah Savage wrote:
>
> > I recently purchased an IBM ThinkPad 600x and got a NetGear FA511 for
> > ethernet (a 10/100 cardbus card). It worked fine under win98, so I wiped
>...
> > Dec  1 16:30:23 debian kernel: Linux Tulip driver version 0.9.15-pre12 
>(Aug
> > 9, 2002)
>
>Have you tried the unmodified driver?

Not yet. I just downladed v0.95f from your website, but I haven't compiled a 
separate module before, so I won't be able to get to it right away.

>
> > Dec  1 16:30:23 debian kernel: eth0: ADMtek Comet rev 17 at 0x4000, 
>EEPROM
> > not present, 00:4C:69:6E:75:79, IRQ 11.
>
>Is this the message when the card is "working"?  There is a problem here...

Nope. That's when the card is not working. Here is the result of my last 
cycle through that script when the card did start working:

cs: cb_free(bus 2)
cs: cb_alloc(bus 2): vendor 0x1317, device 0x1985
PCI: Enabling device 02:00.0 (0000 -> 0003)
eth0: ADMtek Comet rev 17 at 0x4000, EEPROM not present, 00:4C:69:6E:75:7A, 
IRQ 11.
PING xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa (xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=1060.2 ms
64 bytes from xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=70.2 ms
64 bytes from xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=30.2 ms

>
>What does 'tulip-diag -eee' report?
>


...this is while the card is working.

# ./tulip-diag -eee
tulip-diag.c:v2.15 9/23/2002 Donald Becker (becker@scyld.com)
http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html
Index #1: Found a ADMtek AL985 Centaur-C adapter at 0x4000.
Comet duplex is reported in the MII status registers.
Transmit started, Receive started.
  The Rx process state is 'Waiting for packets'.
  The Tx process state is 'Idle'.
  The transmit threshold is 128.
  Comet MAC address registers 6e694c00 ffff7a75
  Comet multicast filter 0000000040000000.
EEPROM 256 words, 8 address bits.
WARNING: The EEPROM is missing or erased!
  Ethernet MAC Station Address ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff.
  Default connection type 'Default'.
  PCI IDs Vendor ffff Device ffff  Subsystem ffff ffff
  PCI min_grant 255 max_latency 255.
  CSR18 power-up setting 0xffff****.
EEPROM contents (256 words):
0x00:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0x08:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0x10:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0x18:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0x20:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0x28:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0x30:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0x38:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0x40:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0x48:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0x50:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0x58:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0x60:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0x68:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0x70:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0x78:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0x80:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0x88:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0x90:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0x98:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0xa0:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0xa8:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0xb0:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0xb8:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0xc0:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0xc8:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0xd0:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0xd8:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0xe0:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0xe8:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0xf0:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
0xf8:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff  ________________
ID block CRC 0xfa (vs. 0xff).
  Full contents CRC 0x6a15 (read as 0xffff).

--
Jeremiah

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