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Re: e100 NETDEV WATCHDOG transmit timeout since 2.6.4

To: Scott Feldman <scott.feldman@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: e100 NETDEV WATCHDOG transmit timeout since 2.6.4
From: Eamonn Hamilton <EAMONN.HAMILTON@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 10:42:41 +0100
Cc: Mike Keehan <mike_keehan@xxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0404201559290.7794@snichols-desk.amr.corp.intel.com>
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Hi Scott,

Thanks for the patch - a bit of manual fumbling to get it applied, but
it seems to work ok so far ( ~46 minutes, so it's not exactly definitive
:)

Certainly it doesn't make things worse in my case at least.

Cheers,
Eamonn

On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 00:04, Scott Feldman wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Apr 2004, Mike Keehan wrote:
> 
> > I am getting these too in recent kernels, but only on a
> > 10Mhz half-duplex network. I have to manually down
> > and up the interface to recover.
> >
> > On a 100Mhz switched network, the e100 is OK (at least 12hours+).
> 
> 
> Mike/Eamonn,
> 
> Give this patch a try.  This adds a required workaround for ICH when
> working at 10/Half.  (Guessing you have an ICH system).
> 
> --- linux-2.5/drivers/net/e100.c      2004-04-20 15:52:24.000000000 -0700
> +++ linux-2.5/drivers/net/e100.c.mod  2004-04-20 15:55:32.000000000 -0700
> @@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ enum scb_cmd_hi {
>  };
> 
>  enum scb_cmd_lo {
> +     cuc_nop        = 0x00,
>       ruc_start      = 0x01,
>       ruc_load_base  = 0x06,
>       cuc_start      = 0x10,
> @@ -514,10 +515,11 @@ struct nic {
>       /* End: frequently used values: keep adjacent for cache effect */
> 
>       enum {
> -             ich           = (1 << 0),
> -             promiscuous   = (1 << 1),
> -             multicast_all = (1 << 2),
> -             wol_magic     = (1 << 3),
> +             ich                = (1 << 0),
> +             promiscuous        = (1 << 1),
> +             multicast_all      = (1 << 2),
> +             wol_magic          = (1 << 3),
> +             ich_10h_workaround = (1 << 4),
>       } flags                                 ____cacheline_aligned;
> 
>       enum mac mac;
> @@ -1225,6 +1227,12 @@ static void e100_watchdog(unsigned long
>               /* Issue a multicast command to workaround a 557 lock up */
>               e100_set_multicast_list(nic->netdev);
> 
> +     if(nic->flags & ich && cmd.speed==SPEED_10 && cmd.duplex==DUPLEX_HALF)
> +             /* Need SW workaround for ICH[x] 10Mbps/half duplex Tx hang. */
> +             nic->flags |= ich_10h_workaround;
> +     else
> +             nic->flags &= ~ich_10h_workaround;
> +
>       mod_timer(&nic->watchdog, jiffies + E100_WATCHDOG_PERIOD);
>  }
> 
> @@ -1244,7 +1252,17 @@ static inline void e100_xmit_prepare(str
>  static int e100_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
>  {
>       struct nic *nic = netdev->priv;
> -     int err = e100_exec_cb(nic, skb, e100_xmit_prepare);
> +     int err;
> +
> +     if(nic->flags & ich_10h_workaround) {
> +             /* SW workaround for ICH[x] 10Mbps/half duplex Tx hang.
> +                Issue a NOP command followed by a 1us delay before
> +                issuing the Tx command. */
> +             e100_exec_cmd(nic, cuc_nop, 0);
> +             udelay(1);
> +     }
> +
> +     err = e100_exec_cb(nic, skb, e100_xmit_prepare);
> 
>       switch(err) {
>       case -ENOSPC:
-- 
Eamonn Hamilton

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