Distribution: Debian unstable Hardware Environment: AMD XP 1800+, MSI K7N420 PRO(MS-6373), nForce 420-D/MCP-D Software Environment: 'Vanilla' Linux kernel 2.6.5 Problem Description: Loading the forcedeth module works, but after bringing up the device, it doesn't work at all. Kernel log messages report "no link during initialization", see full log below. The network device works in the 'other' OS, though after trying the linux driver and rebooting to it also makes it fail in that OS. Only after a full power down, then starting up does it work again in the other OS. But Linux forcedeth driver never does. Steps to reproduce: modprobe forcedeth ifup eth0 (ifup the debian command, manually using ifconfig results in the same) Normal Kernel log output: forcedeth.c: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.23. PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:04.0 to 64 eth0: forcedeth.c: subsystem: 01462:373c bound to 0000:00:04.0 eth0: no link during initialization. With 'debug' enabled and recompiled: Apr 12 18:48:25 hps kernel: forcedeth.c: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.25. Apr 12 18:48:25 hps kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:04.0 to 64 Apr 12 18:48:25 hps kernel: 0000:00:04.0: resource 0 start e4081000 len 1024 flags 0x00000200. Apr 12 18:48:25 hps kernel: 0000:00:04.0: MAC Address 00:10:dc:25:7a:ed Apr 12 18:48:25 hps kernel: eth0: forcedeth.c: subsystem: 01462:373c bound to 0000:00:04.0 Apr 12 18:49:10 hps kernel: nv_open: begin Apr 12 18:49:10 hps kernel: eth0: nv_txrx_reset Apr 12 18:49:10 hps kernel: eth0: nv_alloc_rx: Packet 0 marked as Available Apr 12 18:49:10 hps kernel: eth0: nv_alloc_rx: Packet 1 marked as Available ...lots more of these.... Apr 12 18:49:10 hps kernel: eth0: nv_alloc_rx: Packet 127 marked as Available Apr 12 18:49:10 hps kernel: eth0: mii_rw read from reg 2 at PHY 1: 0x15. Apr 12 18:49:10 hps kernel: eth0: mii_rw read from reg 3 at PHY 1: 0xf441. Apr 12 18:49:10 hps kernel: eth0: open: Found PHY 0015:f441 at address 1. Apr 12 18:49:10 hps kernel: eth0: mii_rw read from reg 4 at PHY 1: 0x1e1. Apr 12 18:49:10 hps kernel: eth0: mii_rw read from reg 5 at PHY 1: 0x0. Apr 12 18:49:10 hps kernel: eth0: nv_update_linkspeed: PHY advertises 0x01e1, lpa 0x0000. Apr 12 18:49:10 hps kernel: eth0: bad ability 0000 - falling back to 10HD. Apr 12 18:49:10 hps kernel: eth0: nv_start_rx Apr 12 18:49:10 hps kernel: eth0: nv_start_tx Apr 12 18:49:10 hps kernel: eth0: mii_rw read from reg 1 at PHY 1: 0x0. Apr 12 18:49:10 hps kernel: eth0: no link during initialization. Apr 12 18:49:10 hps kernel: eth0: nv_stop_rx Apr 12 18:49:10 hps kernel: eth0: nv_start_rx ....bunch of the same.... Apr 12 18:49:10 hps kernel: eth0: nv_nic_irq Apr 12 18:49:10 hps kernel: eth0: irq: 00000020 Apr 12 18:49:10 hps kernel: eth0: irq: 00000000 Apr 12 18:49:10 hps kernel: eth0: nv_nic_irq complete ...these last one continue forever untill unloading the module again... lspci -vvv: 00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce CPU bridge (rev b2) Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 Region 0: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M] Capabilities: [40] AGP version 2.0 Status: RQ=32 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64- HTrans- 64bit- FW+ AGP3- Rate=x1,x2,x4 Command: RQ=1 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA- AGP- GART64- 64bit- FW- Rate=x1 Capabilities: [60] #08 [2001] 00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce 220/420 Memory Controller (rev b2) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 3730 Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- 00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce 220/420 Memory Controller (rev b2) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 3730 Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- 00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce 420 Memory Controller (DDR) (rev b2) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 3730 Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce ISA Bridge (rev c3) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 3730 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 Capabilities: [50] #08 [01e1] 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce PCI System Management (rev c1) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 3730 Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: I/O ports at 5000 [size=16] Region 1: I/O ports at 5020 [size=16] Region 2: I/O ports at 6000 [size=32] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce USB Controller (rev c3) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 3730 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 (750ns min, 250ns max) Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5 Region 0: Memory at e4082000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:03.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce USB Controller (rev c3) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 3730 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 (750ns min, 250ns max) Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 12 Region 0: Memory at e4080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce Ethernet Controller (rev c2) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 373c Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 (250ns min, 5000ns max) Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: Memory at e4081000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K] Region 1: I/O ports at d800 [size=8] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable+ DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01b0 (rev c2) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 3730 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 (250ns min, 3000ns max) Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5 Region 0: Memory at e4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce Audio (rev c2) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 3730 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 (500ns min, 1250ns max) Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 12 Region 0: I/O ports at dc00 [size=256] Region 1: I/O ports at e000 [size=128] Region 2: Memory at e4083000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce PCI-to-PCI bridge (rev c2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32 I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff Memory behind bridge: b0000000-cfffffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d0000000-d7ffffff BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B- 00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce IDE (rev c3) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 3730 Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 (750ns min, 250ns max) Region 4: I/O ports at e800 [size=16] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce AGP to PCI Bridge (rev b2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 99 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32 I/O behind bridge: 0000f000-00000fff Memory behind bridge: e2000000-e3ffffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d8000000-dfffffff BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA+ VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B- 01:01.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE] (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: PC Partner Limited: Unknown device 7c02 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 (2000ns min), Cache Line Size: 0x08 (32 bytes) Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Region 1: I/O ports at c000 [size=256] Region 2: Memory at c1000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 01:03.0 Network controller: Eicon Technology Corporation Diva Pro 2.0 S/T (rev 01) Subsystem: Eicon Technology Corporation Diva Pro 2.0 S/T Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 12 Region 0: Memory at c1010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128] Region 1: I/O ports at c400 [size=128] Region 2: I/O ports at c800 [size=32] 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NVCrush11 [GeForce2 MX Integrated Graphics] (rev b1) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 3738 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 (1250ns min, 250ns max) Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5 Region 0: Memory at e2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Region 1: Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=64K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [44] AGP version 2.0 Status: RQ=32 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA- ITACoh- GART64- HTrans- 64bit- FW+ AGP3- Rate=x1,x4 Command: RQ=1 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA- AGP- GART64- 64bit- FW- Rate=<none>
Possible patch for that link initalization problem is currently being tested.
Tested the proposed patch against 2.6.5, but doesn't help. Still the same symptons. Also now tried 2.6.7 and 2.6.7 with the patch , same results. I'll attach the full kern.log of 2.6.7 with patch.
Created attachment 3200 [details] proposed patch proposed patch, refreshed to apply to 2.6.7
Created attachment 3201 [details] log file of 2.6.7 with the proposed patch
This can be closed... the workaround is present in 2.6.9