[eepro100] should i be worried about my eepro cards

Joe Radinger j.radinger@phion.com
Thu Jun 13 13:46:55 2002


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have such a system:

33Mhz pci + 66Mhz pci
4*dualport eepro100 cards (two on 33Mhz, two on 66Mhz)
1 onboard eepro100

dmesg states:


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
eth0: Intel PCI EtherExpress Pro100 at 0xa0042000, 00:09:6B:B0:21:55,
IRQ 11.
  Board assembly ffffff-255, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
    Secondary interface chip i82555.
  General self-test: passed.
  Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
  Internal registers self-test: passed.
  ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x3258698e).
divert: allocating divert_blk for eth1
eth1: Intel PCI EtherExpress Pro100 at 0xa0044000, 00:02:B3:A9:A2:F9,
IRQ 15.
  Board assembly a56831-002, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
    Secondary interface chip i82555.
  General self-test: passed.
  Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
  Internal registers self-test: passed.
  ROM checksum self-test: passed (0xb874c1d3).
divert: allocating divert_blk for eth2
eth2: Intel PCI EtherExpress Pro100 at 0xa0046000, 00:02:B3:A9:A2:FA,
IRQ 3.
  Board assembly a56831-002, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
    Secondary interface chip i82555.
  General self-test: passed.
  Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
  Internal registers self-test: passed.
  ROM checksum self-test: passed (0xb874c1d3).
divert: allocating divert_blk for eth3
eth3: Intel PCI EtherExpress Pro100 at 0xa0048000, 00:02:B3:A9:A5:E7,
IRQ 4.
  Board assembly a56831-002, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
    Secondary interface chip i82555.
  General self-test: passed.
  Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
  Internal registers self-test: passed.
  ROM checksum self-test: passed (0xb874c1d3).
divert: allocating divert_blk for eth4
eth4: Intel PCI EtherExpress Pro100 at 0xa004a000, 00:02:B3:A9:A5:E8,
IRQ 10.
  Board assembly a56831-002, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
    Secondary interface chip i82555.
  General self-test: passed.
  Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
  Internal registers self-test: passed.
  ROM checksum self-test: passed (0xb874c1d3).
divert: allocating divert_blk for eth5
eth5: Invalid EEPROM checksum 0x5773, check settings before activating
this device!
eth5: Intel PCI EtherExpress Pro100 at 0xa004c000, FF:FF:B3:A9:FF:FF,
IRQ 11.
  Board assembly ffff31-002, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip unknown-15 PHY #31.
    Secondary interface chip i82555.
  General self-test: passed.
  Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
  Internal registers self-test: passed.
  ROM checksum self-test: passed (0xb874c1d3).
divert: allocating divert_blk for eth6
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.
  Board assembly ffff31-002, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip unknown-15 PHY #31.
    Secondary interface chip i82555.
  General self-test: passed.
  Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
  Internal registers self-test: passed.
  ROM checksum self-test: passed (0xb874c1d3).
divert: allocating divert_blk for eth7
eth7: Invalid EEPROM checksum 0x1d72, check settings before activating
this device!
eth7: Intel PCI EtherExpress Pro100 at 0xa0050000, FF:FF:B3:A9:FF:FF,
IRQ 3.
  Board assembly ffff31-002, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip unknown-15 PHY #31.
    Secondary interface chip i82555.
  General self-test: passed.
  Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
  Internal registers self-test: passed.
  ROM checksum self-test: passed (0xb874c1d3).
divert: allocating divert_blk for eth8
eth8: Invalid EEPROM checksum 0x1c72, check settings before activating
this device!
eth8: Intel PCI EtherExpress Pro100 at 0xa0052000, FF:FF:B3:A9:FF:FF,
IRQ 4.
  Board assembly ffff31-002, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip unknown-15 PHY #31.
    Secondary interface chip i82555.
  General self-test: passed.
  Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
  Internal registers self-test: passed.
  ROM checksum self-test: passed (0xb874c1d3).

what does this "check settings" mean?

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

yours
josef


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eepro100-diag.c:v2.02 7/19/2000 Donald Becker (becker@scyld.com)
 http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html
Index #1: Found a Intel i82557 (or i82558) EtherExpressPro100B adapter at 0=
x4000.
i82557 chip registers at 0x4000:
  00000050 1f4d48ec 00000000 00080002 18250081 00000600
  No interrupt sources are pending.
   The transmit unit state is 'Suspended'.
   The receive unit state is 'Ready'.
  This status is normal for an activated but idle interface.
Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 EEPROM contents:
  Station address 00:09:6B:B0:21:55.
  Board assembly ffffff-255, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
    Secondary interface chip i82555, PHY -1.
 MII PHY #1 transceiver registers:
  3000 782d 02a8 0154 05e1 0081 0000 0000
  0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
  0a02 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
  0000 0000 0b10 0000 0010 0000 0000 0000.
 MII PHY #1 transceiver registers:
   3000 782d 02a8 0154 05e1 0081 0000 0000
   0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
   0a02 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
   0000 0000 0b10 0000 0010 0000 0000 0000.
 Basic mode control register 0x3000: Auto-negotiation enabled.
 Basic mode status register 0x782d ... 782d.
   Link status: established.
   Capable of  100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD 10baseT.
   Able to perform Auto-negotiation, negotiation complete.
 Vendor ID is 00:aa:00:--:--:--, model 21 rev. 4.
   No specific information is known about this transceiver type.
 I'm advertising 05e1: Flow-control 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD 10bas=
eT
   Advertising no additional info pages.
   IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD protocol.
 Link partner capability is 0081: 100baseTx.
   Negotiation did not complete.
Index #2: Found a Intel i82557 (or i82558) EtherExpressPro100B adapter at 0=
x3000.
i82557 chip registers at 0x3000:
  00000050 1eaff0ec 00000000 00080002 18250000 00000600
  No interrupt sources are pending.
   The transmit unit state is 'Suspended'.
   The receive unit state is 'Ready'.
  This status is normal for an activated but idle interface.
Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 EEPROM contents:
  Station address 00:02:B3:A9:A2:F9.
  Board assembly a56831-002, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
    Secondary interface chip i82555, PHY -1.
 MII PHY #1 transceiver registers:
  3000 7809 02a8 0154 05e1 0000 0000 0000
  0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
  0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
  0000 0000 0880 0000 0010 0000 0000 0000.
 MII PHY #1 transceiver registers:
   3000 7809 02a8 0154 05e1 0000 0000 0000
   0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
   0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
   0000 0000 0880 0000 0010 0000 0000 0000.
 Basic mode control register 0x3000: Auto-negotiation enabled.
 Basic mode status register 0x7809 ... 7809.
   Link status: not established.
   Capable of  100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD 10baseT.
   Able to perform Auto-negotiation, negotiation not complete.
 Vendor ID is 00:aa:00:--:--:--, model 21 rev. 4.
   No specific information is known about this transceiver type.
 I'm advertising 05e1: Flow-control 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD 10bas=
eT
   Advertising no additional info pages.
   IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD protocol.
 Link partner capability is 0000:.
   Negotiation did not complete.
Index #3: Found a Intel i82557 (or i82558) EtherExpressPro100B adapter at 0=
x3040.
i82557 chip registers at 0x3040:
  00000050 1eafe8ec 00000000 00080002 18250000 00000600
  No interrupt sources are pending.
   The transmit unit state is 'Suspended'.
   The receive unit state is 'Ready'.
  This status is normal for an activated but idle interface.
Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 EEPROM contents:
  Station address 00:02:B3:A9:A2:FA.
  Board assembly a56831-002, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
    Secondary interface chip i82555, PHY -1.
 MII PHY #1 transceiver registers:
  3000 7809 02a8 0154 05e1 0000 0000 0000
  0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
  0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
  0000 0000 09f0 0000 0010 0000 0000 0000.
 MII PHY #1 transceiver registers:
   3000 7809 02a8 0154 05e1 0000 0000 0000
   0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
   0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
   0000 0000 0de0 0000 0010 0000 0000 0000.
 Basic mode control register 0x3000: Auto-negotiation enabled.
 Basic mode status register 0x7809 ... 7809.
   Link status: not established.
   Capable of  100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD 10baseT.
   Able to perform Auto-negotiation, negotiation not complete.
 Vendor ID is 00:aa:00:--:--:--, model 21 rev. 4.
   No specific information is known about this transceiver type.
 I'm advertising 05e1: Flow-control 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD 10bas=
eT
   Advertising no additional info pages.
   IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD protocol.
 Link partner capability is 0000:.
   Negotiation did not complete.
Index #4: Found a Intel i82557 (or i82558) EtherExpressPro100B adapter at 0=
x2000.
i82557 chip registers at 0x2000:
  00000050 1eafe0ec 00000000 00080002 18250000 00000600
  No interrupt sources are pending.
   The transmit unit state is 'Suspended'.
   The receive unit state is 'Ready'.
  This status is normal for an activated but idle interface.
Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 EEPROM contents:
  Station address 00:02:B3:A9:A5:E7.
  Board assembly a56831-002, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
    Secondary interface chip i82555, PHY -1.
 MII PHY #1 transceiver registers:
  3000 7809 02a8 0154 05e1 0000 0000 0000
  0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
  0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
  0000 0000 08d0 0000 0010 0000 0000 0000.
 MII PHY #1 transceiver registers:
   3000 7809 02a8 0154 05e1 0000 0000 0000
   0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
   0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
   0000 0000 09d0 0000 0010 0000 0000 0000.
 Basic mode control register 0x3000: Auto-negotiation enabled.
 Basic mode status register 0x7809 ... 7809.
   Link status: not established.
   Capable of  100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD 10baseT.
   Able to perform Auto-negotiation, negotiation not complete.
 Vendor ID is 00:aa:00:--:--:--, model 21 rev. 4.
   No specific information is known about this transceiver type.
 I'm advertising 05e1: Flow-control 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD 10bas=
eT
   Advertising no additional info pages.
   IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD protocol.
 Link partner capability is 0000:.
   Negotiation did not complete.
Index #5: Found a Intel i82557 (or i82558) EtherExpressPro100B adapter at 0=
x2040.
i82557 chip registers at 0x2040:
  00000050 1e9598ec 00000000 00080002 18250000 00000600
  No interrupt sources are pending.
   The transmit unit state is 'Suspended'.
   The receive unit state is 'Ready'.
  This status is normal for an activated but idle interface.
Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 EEPROM contents:
  Station address 00:02:B3:A9:A5:E8.
  Board assembly a56831-002, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
    Secondary interface chip i82555, PHY -1.
 MII PHY #1 transceiver registers:
  3000 7809 02a8 0154 05e1 0000 0000 0000
  0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
  0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
  0000 0000 0890 0000 0010 0000 0000 0000.
 MII PHY #1 transceiver registers:
   3000 7809 02a8 0154 05e1 0000 0000 0000
   0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
   0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
   0000 0000 0890 0000 0010 0000 0000 0000.
 Basic mode control register 0x3000: Auto-negotiation enabled.
 Basic mode status register 0x7809 ... 7809.
   Link status: not established.
   Capable of  100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD 10baseT.
   Able to perform Auto-negotiation, negotiation not complete.
 Vendor ID is 00:aa:00:--:--:--, model 21 rev. 4.
   No specific information is known about this transceiver type.
 I'm advertising 05e1: Flow-control 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD 10bas=
eT
   Advertising no additional info pages.
   IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD protocol.
 Link partner capability is 0000:.
   Negotiation did not complete.
Index #6: Found a Intel i82557 (or i82558) EtherExpressPro100B adapter at 0=
x6000.
i82557 chip registers at 0x6000:
  00000000 00000000 00000000 00080002 18250000 00000000
  No interrupt sources are pending.
   The transmit unit state is 'Idle'.
   The receive unit state is 'Idle'.
  This status is unusual for an activated interface.
Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 EEPROM contents:
  Station address 00:02:B3:A9:A3:9B.
  Board assembly a56831-002, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
    Secondary interface chip i82555, PHY -1.
 MII PHY #1 transceiver registers:
  3000 7809 02a8 0154 05e1 0000 0000 0000
  0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
  0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
  0000 0000 0de0 0000 0010 0000 0000 0000.
 MII PHY #1 transceiver registers:
   3000 7809 02a8 0154 05e1 0000 0000 0000
   0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
   0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
   0000 0000 09f0 0000 0010 0000 0000 0000.
 Basic mode control register 0x3000: Auto-negotiation enabled.
 Basic mode status register 0x7809 ... 7809.
   Link status: not established.
   Capable of  100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD 10baseT.
   Able to perform Auto-negotiation, negotiation not complete.
 Vendor ID is 00:aa:00:--:--:--, model 21 rev. 4.
   No specific information is known about this transceiver type.
 I'm advertising 05e1: Flow-control 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD 10bas=
eT
   Advertising no additional info pages.
   IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD protocol.
 Link partner capability is 0000:.
   Negotiation did not complete.
Index #7: Found a Intel i82557 (or i82558) EtherExpressPro100B adapter at 0=
x6040.
i82557 chip registers at 0x6040:
  00000000 00000000 00000000 00080002 18250000 00000000
  No interrupt sources are pending.
   The transmit unit state is 'Idle'.
   The receive unit state is 'Idle'.
  This status is unusual for an activated interface.
Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 EEPROM contents:
  Station address 00:02:B3:A9:A3:9C.
  Board assembly a56831-002, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
    Secondary interface chip i82555, PHY -1.
 MII PHY #1 transceiver registers:
  3000 7809 02a8 0154 05e1 0000 0000 0000
  0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
  0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
  0000 0000 0890 0000 0010 0000 0000 0000.
 MII PHY #1 transceiver registers:
   3000 7809 02a8 0154 05e1 0000 0000 0000
   0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
   0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
   0000 0000 0890 0000 0010 0000 0000 0000.
 Basic mode control register 0x3000: Auto-negotiation enabled.
 Basic mode status register 0x7809 ... 7809.
   Link status: not established.
   Capable of  100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD 10baseT.
   Able to perform Auto-negotiation, negotiation not complete.
 Vendor ID is 00:aa:00:--:--:--, model 21 rev. 4.
   No specific information is known about this transceiver type.
 I'm advertising 05e1: Flow-control 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD 10bas=
eT
   Advertising no additional info pages.
   IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD protocol.
 Link partner capability is 0000:.
   Negotiation did not complete.
Index #8: Found a Intel i82557 (or i82558) EtherExpressPro100B adapter at 0=
x5000.
i82557 chip registers at 0x5000:
  00000000 00000000 00000000 00080002 18250000 00000000
  No interrupt sources are pending.
   The transmit unit state is 'Idle'.
   The receive unit state is 'Idle'.
  This status is unusual for an activated interface.
Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 EEPROM contents:
  Station address 00:02:B3:A9:A4:D5.
  Board assembly a56831-002, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
    Secondary interface chip i82555, PHY -1.
 MII PHY #1 transceiver registers:
  3000 7809 02a8 0154 05e1 0000 0000 0000
  0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
  0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
  0000 0000 0de0 0000 0010 0000 0000 0000.
 MII PHY #1 transceiver registers:
   3000 7809 02a8 0154 05e1 0000 0000 0000
   0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
   0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
   0000 0000 09f0 0000 0010 0000 0000 0000.
 Basic mode control register 0x3000: Auto-negotiation enabled.
 Basic mode status register 0x7809 ... 7809.
   Link status: not established.
   Capable of  100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD 10baseT.
   Able to perform Auto-negotiation, negotiation not complete.
 Vendor ID is 00:aa:00:--:--:--, model 21 rev. 4.
   No specific information is known about this transceiver type.
 I'm advertising 05e1: Flow-control 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD 10bas=
eT
   Advertising no additional info pages.
   IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD protocol.
 Link partner capability is 0000:.
   Negotiation did not complete.
Index #9: Found a Intel i82557 (or i82558) EtherExpressPro100B adapter at 0=
x5040.
i82557 chip registers at 0x5040:
  00000000 00000000 00000000 00080002 18250000 00000000
  No interrupt sources are pending.
   The transmit unit state is 'Idle'.
   The receive unit state is 'Idle'.
  This status is unusual for an activated interface.
Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 EEPROM contents:
  Station address 00:02:B3:A9:A4:D6.
  Board assembly a56831-002, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
    Secondary interface chip i82555, PHY -1.
 MII PHY #1 transceiver registers:
  3000 7809 02a8 0154 05e1 0000 0000 0000
  0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
  0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
  0000 0000 0880 0000 0010 0000 0000 0000.
 MII PHY #1 transceiver registers:
   3000 7809 02a8 0154 05e1 0000 0000 0000
   0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
   0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
   0000 0000 0880 0000 0010 0000 0000 0000.
 Basic mode control register 0x3000: Auto-negotiation enabled.
 Basic mode status register 0x7809 ... 7809.
   Link status: not established.
   Capable of  100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD 10baseT.
   Able to perform Auto-negotiation, negotiation not complete.
 Vendor ID is 00:aa:00:--:--:--, model 21 rev. 4.
   No specific information is known about this transceiver type.
 I'm advertising 05e1: Flow-control 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD 10bas=
eT
   Advertising no additional info pages.
   IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD protocol.
 Link partner capability is 0000:.
   Negotiation did not complete.

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