Re: 2.6.9-rc1-bk11+ and 2.6.9-rc1-mm3,4 r8169: freeze during boot (FIX included)

From: Hans-Frieder Vogt
Date: Wed Sep 15 2004 - 18:49:56 EST


Am Donnerstag, 16. September 2004 01:09 schrieb Francois Romieu:
> Hans-Frieder Vogt <hfvogt@xxxxxxxx> :
> [...]
> [...]
>
> > Of course x86-64 has the address-space that enables >4GB RAM, and x86-64
> > always supports DAC (as stated in include/asm-x86_64/pci.h), but I have
> > currently only 1GB RAM, so, strictly speaking, DAC is not really
> > necessary.
>
> Worse than that: r8169 in 2.6.9-rc[1/2] does not advertise its ability to
> DMA to high memory.
>
> > Strange enough, the latest Realtek driver 2.2 does not even support DAC
> > (only the lower 32 bit of the DMA-Addresses are written to the
> > registers). Could it be that the Realtek driver does not support DAC for
> > a good reason?
> >
> > Anyway, I will continue searching for the problem...
>
> Can you simply try the attached patch with the network cable unplugged ?
>
> It will not fix your issue but if the result & 0x08 != 0, you can probably
> stop your testing for now as it will mean "known issue".
>
> --
> Ueimor

r8169: eth0: Config2 = 0x10

... does not seem to be the already known issue? Anyhow, if you have more
ideas, I will be happy to test them :-)

Hans-Frieder

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