Bug report, as much information as I can give...

[Winged Wolf]

I did try this, and it seems to be stuck at the same point as Mr. Becker's
driver.  (Specifically, at this point, it appears to be a problem with the
PCI bus mastering... like it says it's being enabled, but the PCI BIOS
doesn't recognize it.)

Thanks!

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Mat Butler, Winged Wolf                       <winged@spastic.org>
SPASTIC Web Engineer                  SPASTIC Server Administrator


On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Romanenko Mikhail wrote:

> I had another problem with 3Com 905B (and 3Com 980). I wrote to the list about it but nobody answered. Shortly speaking NIC swithed from 100 b/s to 10 b/s after machine reboot.
> Hab was hanged often. After I install 3c90x driver from http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/linuxdownload.htm everything has been working fine. Perhaps it helps you too.
> 
> Mikhail.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Winged Wolf <winged@spastic.org>
> To: linux-vortex-bug@beowulf.gsfc.nasa.gov <linux-vortex-bug@beowulf.gsfc.nasa.gov>
> Date: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 4:49 AM
> Subject: Bug report, as much information as I can give...
> 
> 
> >Heya, I've got a bit of a problem.  I've got two machines (HP Vectra VLi8
> >MTs) with what appear to be 3c509B cards in them.
> >
> >Trying to install Debian 2.1 (from a CD I bought at Fry's, not marked
> >'official'), everything goes wonderfully.  Until I try to bring up the
> >network interface.
> >
> >The symptom is, the module loads properly, but nothing comes in or out.
> >tcpdump doesn't show anything going across the line at all.  Can't ping,
> >can't be pinged.
> >
> >I'm using the 3c59x.c:v0.99H 11/17/98 driver (the one included with kernel
> >revision 2.2.12).
> >
> >Trying to work around this problem, I've tried the following
> >combinations of options:
> >options=0 full_duplex=0
> >options=8 full_duplex=0
> >options=9 full_duplex=0
> >
> >9 doesn't work, because I'm not using an AUI transceiver.  I'm supposed to
> >be using 10baseT, half-duplex.  The hub (Netgear EN104TP) does not show a
> >link light.  I've replaced the cable with a Known Good, and swapped the
> >port on the hub with a Known Good.
> >
> >When I start up with:
> >options=8 full_duplex=0 debug=9
> >
> >I get:
> >
> >eth0: 3Com 3c905B Cyclone 100baseTx at 0x1080, 00:50:da:1c:9d:7d, IRQ 10
> >  Internal Config register is 1800000, transceivers 0xa.
> >  8K byte-wide RAM 5:3 Rx:Tx split, autoselect/Autonegotiate interface.
> >  Media override to transceiver type 0 (10baseT).
> >  Enabling bus-master transmits and whole-frame receives.
> >eth0: Media override to transceiver 0 (10baseT).
> >eth0: Initial media type 10baseT.
> >
> >Then, when I ifconfig eth0 192.6.1.107 netmask 255.255.255.0:
> >
> >eth0: vortex_open() InternalConfig 01000000.
> >eth0: vortex_open() irq 10 media status 8880.
> >eth0:  Filling in the Rx ring.
> >eth0: Media selection timer tick happened, 10baseT.
> >eth0: Media 10baseT has link beat, 88c0.
> >eth0: Media selection timer finished, 10baseT.
> >
> >When I ping a host that I know is up, and is located on the same hub as
> >this machine:
> >
> >eth0: Trying to send a packet, Tx index 0.
> >eth0: interrupt, status e201, latency 2 ticks.
> >eth0: in interrupt loop, status e201.
> >eth0: exiting interrupt, status e000.
> >eth0: Trying to send a packet, Tx index 1.
> >eth0: interrupt, status e201, latency 2 ticks.
> >eth0: In interrupt loop, status e201.
> >eth0: exiting interrupt, status e000.
> >eth0: Trying to send a packet, Tx index 2.
> >eth0: interrupt, status e201, latency 2 ticks.
> >eth0: In interrupt loop, status e201.
> >eth0: exiting interrupt, status e000.
> >eth0: Trying to send a packet, Tx index 3.
> >eth0: interrupt, status e201, latency 1 ticks.
> >eth0: In interrupt loop, status e201.
> >eth0: exiting interrupt, status e000.
> >...
> >
> >And so on.  (It's now on index 50.)  And that was with a single ping
> >packet.  (Every 10 seconds or so, it tries 3 more times, one second
> >between each try.)
> >
> >This is -not- the way that things are supposed to be working, I'd assume.
> >What information can I give you that will help track this problem down?
> >
> >---
> >Mat Butler, Winged Wolf                       <winged@spastic.org>
> >SPASTIC Web Engineer                  SPASTIC Server Administrator
> >
> >
>