Hi, again!
I'ts me, Masaru Kawashima, from home.
I'm sorry I made a stupid mistake last time!
This time, I promise you that I attach the proper patch for
linux/drivers/net/eepro100.c. (running version)
On Thu, 21 Jun 2001 23:19:39 +0900
Masaru Kawashima <Masaru Kawashima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On Wed, 20 Jun 2001 16:31:34 -0700
> Dionysius Wilson Almeida <Dionysius Wilson Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
>wrote:
> > Jun 20 16:14:07 debianlap kernel: eepro100: wait_for_cmd_done timeout!
> > Jun 20 16:14:38 debianlap last message repeated 5 times
>
> I saw the same message.
>
> The comment before wait_for_cmd_done() function in
> linux/drivers/net/eepro100.c says:
> /* How to wait for the command unit to accept a command.
> Typically this takes 0 ticks. */
>
> And the initial value for the bogus counter, named "wait", is 1000.
> Is it enough for your machine?
>
> I applied attached patch, eepro100.patch. After that, I've never seen
> the message from wait_for_cmd_done(). And, my NIC works fine.
>
> You may want to adjust the initial value for the bogus counter.
> I don't know the appropriate value for this bogus counter.
>
> I hope this helps you.
>
> --
> Masaru Kawashima
--
Masaru Kawashima
--- linux-2.4.5/drivers/net/eepro100.c.org Fri May 25 18:59:03 2001
+++ linux-2.4.5/drivers/net/eepro100.c Fri Jun 22 00:55:03 2001
@@ -309,8 +309,9 @@
static inline void wait_for_cmd_done(long cmd_ioaddr)
{
int wait = 1000;
- do ;
- while(inb(cmd_ioaddr) && --wait >= 0);
+ while(inb(cmd_ioaddr) && --wait >= 0){
+ udelay(1);
+ }
#ifndef final_version
if (wait < 0)
printk(KERN_ALERT "eepro100: wait_for_cmd_done timeout!\n");
