VIA Rhine problem in 2.4

From: Donald Becker (becker@scyld.com)
Date: Fri Nov 03 2000 - 12:49:14 EST


On Sat, 4 Nov 2000, Harley Anderson wrote:

> Hi, I just recently put together a new system and I'm having an odd problem
> with this D-Link dfe-530tx.

Note: this is a Rhine-II chip, not the original VIA Rhine chip.

> Under 2.4.0-test8 (and test9) however I get this instead:
>
> via-rhine.c:v1.08b-LK1.1.6 8/9/2000 Written by Donald Becker
> http://www.scyld.com/network/via-rhine.html
> eth0: VIA VT6102 Rhine-II at 0xdc00, 00:00:00:00:00:00, IRQ 11.

Try unplugging the system and doing a really cold boot. A soft-off does not
reset the chip.

If this solves the problem, we will have to add code to re-load the EEPROM
info into the chip.

> NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
> eth0: Transmit timed out, status 0000, PHY status 0000, resetting...

The chip is responding with all zeros to every access.

> I'm pretty baffled by this since the card seems to work fine under win98..
> And if anyone is thinking that it's a rtl8139 instead, lspci shows this:

No, it's not a RTL8139. The RTL8139 is used the "530+", not the original
"530" (a VIA Rhine) or the current "530" (Rhine-II). Confused? You are
supposed to be...

Donald Becker becker@scyld.com
Scyld Computing Corporation http://www.scyld.com
410 Severn Ave. Suite 210 Second Generation Beowulf Clusters
Annapolis MD 21403 410-990-9993

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