>> > > * 2) check for sudden death of the NIC:
>> > > * It seems that a reference set for this chip went out with
>> incorrect info,
>> > > * and there exist boards that aren't quite right. An
>> unexpected voltage
>> > > * drop can cause the PHY to get itself in a weird state
>> (basically reset).
>> > > * NOTE: this only seems to affect revC chips.
>>
>> > Code commented out and NIC is working OK. Strange.
>> > eth0: DSPCFG accepted after 0 usec.
>> > eth0: link up.
>> > eth0: Setting full-duplex based on negotiated link capability.
>> > dspcfg = 0x00000000 np->dspcfg = 0x00005060
>>
>> Oh, that's entertaining. I have to confess that I've never seen an that
>> triggered the workaround before - adding the maintainer, Tim Hockin, who
>> may be able to shed some light on the expected behaviour here?
>
> It's been quite a while since I dealt with this issue, so I am going
> on faulty memory. A particular reference design for this chip had bad
> resistor values, or something similar. That caused the chip to get
> very very confused and need a reset.
Can You send me documentation? I can't find anything in datasheet.
I will replace bad resitors with correct ones.
> So the driver is finding your chip to be hosed over and over again.
> dspcfg = 0x000000 is bad. I'd be very surprised if you don't get
> other wierdness - bad performance or noise or who knows what.
No. It is much better. Much less packets need to be retransmitted.
I was blaming w3cache.tkdami.net earlier.
> You could take out the error message and just let the driver do it's
> thing, or you can try to run with that logic removed. But I'd measure
> both and see what they do. Specifically - look for packet errors.
With code commented out I have 1 error / 30000 transmitted packets from
DP83815C. I have 1 error / 100000 transmitted packets to DP83815C. Maybe
it works at all because I have short cable, only 10m long.
I don't remember any errors with plain 2.6.21.1.
> Tim
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