--------------114EF6CE0A2A333497338E19 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Donald Becker wrote: > On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Jesse W. Asher wrote: > > > #> ./vortex-diag -e > > vortex-diag.c:v2.05 5/15/2001 Donald Becker (becker@scyld.com) > > http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html > > Index #1: Found a 3c982 Dual Port server NIC adapter at 0x5000. > > Saved EEPROM settings of a 3Com Vortex/Boomerang: > > 3Com Node Address FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF (used as a unique ID only). > > OEM Station address ff:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF (used as the ethernet address). > > Was the card mapped in and powered up? What do you mean by "mapped in"? I don't follow you here... > What does 'vortex-diag -a' report? Here's the output - see more info after the end of the command, however: #> ./vortex-diag -a vortex-diag.c:v2.05 5/15/2001 Donald Becker (becker@scyld.com) http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html Index #1: Found a 3c982 Dual Port server NIC adapter at 0x5000. The Vortex chip may be active, so FIFO registers will not be read. To see all register values use the '-f' flag. Initial window 7, registers values by window: Window 0: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff. Window 1: FIFO FIFO ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff. Window 2: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff. Window 3: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff. Window 4: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff. Window 5: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff. Window 6: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff. Window 7: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff. Vortex chip registers at 0x5000 0x5010: **FIFO** ffffffff ffffffff *STATUS* 0x5020: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff 0x5030: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff Indication enable is ffff, interrupt enable is ffff. Interrupt sources are pending. Interrupt latch indication. Adapter Failure indication. Tx Complete indication. Tx Available indication. Rx Complete indication. Rx Early Notice indication. Driver Intr Request indication. Statistics Full indication. DMA Done indication. Download Complete indication. Upload Complete indication. DMA in Progress indication. Command in Progress indication. Transceiver/media interfaces available: 100baseT4 100baseTx 100baseFx 10baseT 10base2 AUI MII . Transceiver type in use: undefined-15. MAC settings: full-duplex, Large packets permitted, 802.1Q flow control, VLT VLAN enabled. Maximum packet size is 65535. Station address set to ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff. Configuration options ffff. Index #2: Found a 3c982 Dual Port server NIC adapter at 0x5080. The Vortex chip may be active, so FIFO registers will not be read. To see all register values use the '-f' flag. Initial window 7, registers values by window: Window 0: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff. Window 1: FIFO FIFO ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff. Window 2: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff. Window 3: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff. Window 4: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff. Window 5: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff. Window 6: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff. Window 7: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff. Vortex chip registers at 0x5080 0x5090: **FIFO** ffffffff ffffffff *STATUS* 0x50A0: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff 0x50B0: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff Indication enable is ffff, interrupt enable is ffff. Interrupt sources are pending. Interrupt latch indication. Adapter Failure indication. Tx Complete indication. Tx Available indication. Rx Complete indication. Rx Early Notice indication. Driver Intr Request indication. Statistics Full indication. DMA Done indication. Download Complete indication. Upload Complete indication. DMA in Progress indication. Command in Progress indication. Transceiver/media interfaces available: 100baseT4 100baseTx 100baseFx 10baseT 10base2 AUI MII . Transceiver type in use: undefined-15. MAC settings: full-duplex, Large packets permitted, 802.1Q flow control, VLT VLAN enabled. Maximum packet size is 65535. Station address set to ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff. Configuration options ffff. ======================== I couldn't seem to get this unstuck even after a reboot and various other things. I finally used a DOS diag program provided by 3COM to reset everything and now it is back to normal. I don't understand how it got into that state, but at least its functioning. The only thing I can think of is that I was trying to use bonding right before things went haywire and that may have done something to the cards. That would be surprising, but stranger things have happened.... > > > Donald Becker becker@scyld.com > Scyld Computing Corporation http://www.scyld.com > 410 Severn Ave. Suite 210 Second Generation Beowulf Clusters > Annapolis MD 21403 410-990-9993 -- Jesse W. Asher jasher1@tampabay.rr.com Web Runner, Java Apostle, Perl Enthusiast, and WorldOS Believer *** "Failures in implementing paradigm shifts are mostly due to the inability to think in the new paradigm." --------------114EF6CE0A2A333497338E19 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> Donald Becker wrote:On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Jesse W. Asher wrote:What do you mean by "mapped in"? I don't follow you here...> #> ./vortex-diag -e
> vortex-diag.c:v2.05 5/15/2001 Donald Becker (becker@scyld.com)
> http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html
> Index #1: Found a 3c982 Dual Port server NIC adapter at 0x5000.
> Saved EEPROM settings of a 3Com Vortex/Boomerang:
> 3Com Node Address FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF (used as a unique ID only).
> OEM Station address ff:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF (used as the ethernet address).Was the card mapped in and powered up?
What does 'vortex-diag -a' report?
Here's the output - see more info after the end of the command, however:#> ./vortex-diag -a
vortex-diag.c:v2.05 5/15/2001 Donald Becker (becker@scyld.com)
http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html
Index #1: Found a 3c982 Dual Port server NIC adapter at 0x5000.
The Vortex chip may be active, so FIFO registers will not be read.
To see all register values use the '-f' flag.
Initial window 7, registers values by window:
Window 0: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff.
Window 1: FIFO FIFO ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff.
Window 2: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff.
Window 3: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff.
Window 4: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff.
Window 5: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff.
Window 6: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff.
Window 7: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff.
Vortex chip registers at 0x5000
0x5010: **FIFO** ffffffff ffffffff *STATUS*
0x5020: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff
0x5030: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff
Indication enable is ffff, interrupt enable is ffff.
Interrupt sources are pending.
Interrupt latch indication.
Adapter Failure indication.
Tx Complete indication.
Tx Available indication.
Rx Complete indication.
Rx Early Notice indication.
Driver Intr Request indication.
Statistics Full indication.
DMA Done indication.
Download Complete indication.
Upload Complete indication.
DMA in Progress indication.
Command in Progress indication.
Transceiver/media interfaces available: 100baseT4 100baseTx 100baseFx 10baseT 10base2 AUI MII .
Transceiver type in use: undefined-15.
MAC settings: full-duplex, Large packets permitted, 802.1Q flow control, VLT VLAN enabled.
Maximum packet size is 65535.
Station address set to ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff.
Configuration options ffff.
Index #2: Found a 3c982 Dual Port server NIC adapter at 0x5080.
The Vortex chip may be active, so FIFO registers will not be read.
To see all register values use the '-f' flag.
Initial window 7, registers values by window:
Window 0: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff.
Window 1: FIFO FIFO ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff.
Window 2: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff.
Window 3: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff.
Window 4: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff.
Window 5: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff.
Window 6: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff.
Window 7: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff.
Vortex chip registers at 0x5080
0x5090: **FIFO** ffffffff ffffffff *STATUS*
0x50A0: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff
0x50B0: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff
Indication enable is ffff, interrupt enable is ffff.
Interrupt sources are pending.
Interrupt latch indication.
Adapter Failure indication.
Tx Complete indication.
Tx Available indication.
Rx Complete indication.
Rx Early Notice indication.
Driver Intr Request indication.
Statistics Full indication.
DMA Done indication.
Download Complete indication.
Upload Complete indication.
DMA in Progress indication.
Command in Progress indication.
Transceiver/media interfaces available: 100baseT4 100baseTx 100baseFx 10baseT 10base2 AUI MII .
Transceiver type in use: undefined-15.
MAC settings: full-duplex, Large packets permitted, 802.1Q flow control, VLT VLAN enabled.
Maximum packet size is 65535.
Station address set to ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff.
Configuration options ffff.========================
I couldn't seem to get this unstuck even after a reboot and various other things. I finally used a DOS diag program provided by 3COM to reset everything and now it is back to normal. I don't understand how it got into that state, but at least its functioning. The only thing I can think of is that I was trying to use bonding right before things went haywire and that may have done something to the cards. That would be surprising, but stranger things have happened....
Donald Becker becker@scyld.com
Scyld Computing Corporation http://www.scyld.com
410 Severn Ave. Suite 210 Second Generation Beowulf Clusters
Annapolis MD 21403 410-990-9993-- Jesse W. Asher jasher1@tampabay.rr.com Web Runner, Java Apostle, Perl Enthusiast, and WorldOS Believer *** "Failures in implementing paradigm shifts are mostly due to the inability to think in the new paradigm."