Some versions of the spider have a firmware bug, where the RX ring sequencer goes crazy when the RX RAM on the device fills up. Appearently the only viable wrkaround is a soft reset of the card.
Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---- drivers/net/spider_net.c | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: netdev-2.6/drivers/net/spider_net.c =================================================================== --- netdev-2.6.orig/drivers/net/spider_net.c 2007-05-22 18:03:37.000000000 -0500 +++ netdev-2.6/drivers/net/spider_net.c 2007-05-22 18:03:39.000000000 -0500 @@ -1506,11 +1506,17 @@ spider_net_handle_error_irq(struct spide case SPIDER_NET_GRFBFLLINT: /* fallthrough */ case SPIDER_NET_GRFAFLLINT: /* fallthrough */ case SPIDER_NET_GRMFLLINT: - if (netif_msg_intr(card) && net_ratelimit()) - pr_err("%s: Spider RX RAM full, incoming packets " - "might be discarded!\n", card->netdev->name); + if (netif_msg_intr(card) && net_ratelimit()) { + pr_err("%s: Spider RX RAM full, reseting device.\n", + card->netdev->name); + show_rx_chain(card); + } spider_net_rx_irq_off(card); netif_rx_schedule(card->netdev); + + /* If the card is spewing rxramfulls, then reset */ + atomic_inc(&card->tx_timeout_task_counter); + schedule_work(&card->tx_timeout_task); show_error = 0; break; @@ -2087,6 +2093,8 @@ spider_net_workaround_rxramfull(struct s { int i, sequencer = 0; + printk(KERN_INFO "%s: calling rxramfull workaround\n", card->netdev->name); + /* cancel reset */ spider_net_write_reg(card, SPIDER_NET_CKRCTRL, SPIDER_NET_CKRCTRL_RUN_VALUE); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html