[vortex] Problem with 3com 10/100 Mini PCI adapter (3c556B?)under 2.2.19

[Akihiko YAMAMOTO (=?iso-2022-jp?B?GyRCOzNLXExASScbKEI=?=)]

;; "andrewm>" == andrewm@uow.edu.au (Andrew Morton) wrote:

andrewm> Those symbols should definitely be resolvable - make sure the
andrewm> base kernel is compiled without module versioning, 

Thanks. I'm going to check the base kernel.

andrewm> You could experiment with mii-diag while the NIC is online.

I'll try this later.

andrewm> Also, I'd be interested in seeing the log output from

andrewm> 	modprobe 3c59x debug=7
andrewm> 	ifup eth0

andrewm> under 2.4.

This makes syslog grow up exponentially! :-)
Here is a part of logs under 2.4.6. (Note that NIC is not working!)

Jul  5 18:00:56 jasmin kernel: eth0: vortex_up() InternalConfig 80600040. 
Jul  5 18:00:56 jasmin kernel: eth0: vortex_up() irq 10 media status 8080. 
Jul  5 18:00:58 jasmin kernel: boomerang_start_xmit() 
Jul  5 18:00:58 jasmin kernel: eth0: Trying to send a packet, Tx index 0. 
Jul  5 18:00:58 jasmin kernel: boomerang_interrupt. status=0xe201 
Jul  5 18:00:58 jasmin kernel: eth0: interrupt, status e201, latency 3 ticks. 
Jul  5 18:00:58 jasmin kernel: eth0: In interrupt loop, status e201. 
Jul  5 18:00:58 jasmin kernel: boomerang_interrupt: wake queue 
Jul  5 18:00:58 jasmin kernel: eth0: exiting interrupt, status e000. 
Jul  5 18:00:59 jasmin kernel: boomerang_start_xmit() 
Jul  5 18:00:59 jasmin kernel: eth0: Trying to send a packet, Tx index 1. 
Jul  5 18:00:59 jasmin kernel: boomerang_interrupt. status=0xe201 
Jul  5 18:00:59 jasmin kernel: eth0: interrupt, status e201, latency 3 ticks. 
Jul  5 18:00:59 jasmin kernel: eth0: In interrupt loop, status e201. 
Jul  5 18:00:59 jasmin kernel: boomerang_interrupt: wake queue 
Jul  5 18:00:59 jasmin kernel: eth0: exiting interrupt, status e000. 
Jul  5 18:00:59 jasmin kernel: eth0: Media selection timer tick happened, MII. 
Jul  5 18:00:59 jasmin kernel: dev->watchdog_timeo=500 
Jul  5 18:00:59 jasmin kernel: eth0: MII transceiver has status 7849. 
Jul  5 18:00:59 jasmin kernel: eth0: Media selection timer finished, MII. 
Jul  5 18:01:00 jasmin kernel: boomerang_start_xmit() 
Jul  5 18:01:00 jasmin kernel: eth0: Trying to send a packet, Tx index 2. 
Jul  5 18:01:00 jasmin kernel: boomerang_interrupt. status=0xe201 
Jul  5 18:01:00 jasmin kernel: eth0: interrupt, status e201, latency 5 ticks. 
Jul  5 18:01:00 jasmin kernel: eth0: In interrupt loop, status e201. 
Jul  5 18:01:00 jasmin kernel: boomerang_interrupt: wake queue 
Jul  5 18:01:00 jasmin kernel: eth0: exiting interrupt, status e000. 
Jul  5 18:01:02 jasmin kernel: boomerang_start_xmit() 
Jul  5 18:01:02 jasmin kernel: eth0: Trying to send a packet, Tx index 3. 
Jul  5 18:01:02 jasmin kernel: boomerang_interrupt. status=0xe201 
Jul  5 18:01:02 jasmin kernel: eth0: interrupt, status e201, latency 3 ticks. 
Jul  5 18:01:02 jasmin kernel: eth0: In interrupt loop, status e201. 
Jul  5 18:01:02 jasmin kernel: boomerang_interrupt: wake queue 
Jul  5 18:01:02 jasmin kernel: eth0: exiting interrupt, status e000. 
Jul  5 18:01:03 jasmin kernel: boomerang_start_xmit() 
Jul  5 18:01:03 jasmin kernel: eth0: Trying to send a packet, Tx index 4. 
Jul  5 18:01:03 jasmin kernel: boomerang_interrupt. status=0xe201 
Jul  5 18:01:03 jasmin kernel: eth0: interrupt, status e201, latency 4 ticks. 
Jul  5 18:01:03 jasmin kernel: eth0: In interrupt loop, status e201. 
Jul  5 18:01:03 jasmin kernel: boomerang_interrupt: wake queue 
Jul  5 18:01:03 jasmin kernel: eth0: exiting interrupt, status e000. 
Jul  5 18:01:04 jasmin kernel: boomerang_start_xmit() 
Jul  5 18:01:04 jasmin kernel: eth0: Trying to send a packet, Tx index 5. 
Jul  5 18:01:04 jasmin kernel: boomerang_interrupt. status=0xe201 
Jul  5 18:01:04 jasmin kernel: eth0: interrupt, status e201, latency 4 ticks. 
Jul  5 18:01:04 jasmin kernel: eth0: In interrupt loop, status e201. 
Jul  5 18:01:04 jasmin kernel: boomerang_interrupt: wake queue 
Jul  5 18:01:04 jasmin kernel: eth0: exiting interrupt, status e000. 
Jul  5 18:01:06 jasmin kernel: boomerang_start_xmit() 
...
...

Need more?

andrewm> We're seriously needing documentation for the 556B.

Yes, indeed...

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Akihiko
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