[Prism54-devel] SMC2802 report

[Joerg Dorchain]

On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 12:46:00PM +0200, Jean-Baptiste Note wrote:
> Joerg Dorchain <joerg at dorchain.net> said :
> > On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 10:23:34AM +0100, Joerg Dorchain wrote:
> >> 
> >> I am currently trying to compile a 2.6.9, which is my last know working
> >> version.
> >
> > I finally got around trying 2.6.8 up to 2.6.11.
> >
> > Sorry to say that none of them works. I have no idea why it worked and
> > why it doesn't do now. The symptoms are still eth2: timeout waiting for
> > mgmt response
> > Is there anything I can try?
> 
> You're the second one to report "formerly working cards now not working
> any more after using some recent driver" (i cannot remember who the
> other one was... is he listening ?).
> 
> Can you try to "reset" the card to a working state by putting it into a
> windows machine / using ndiswrapper, and then try again your last
> working version (2.6.9) ? 

I put it into a windows machine and then into a linux box (not at home,
this is why it took so long)

To release the tension: IT WORKS!

2.6.11 vanilla kernel with svn version 529 prism54 driver for an smc2802


> I have this kind of problems in USB, that is, the device going askew (no
> mgmt response), needing a reset with an "official" driver, then working
> again like a charm. I wouldn't be surprised if the problem were the
> same. In usb, at first glance, what they do in case of a mgmt timeout is
> re-initialize the card.
> 
> If it turns out that the problem is the same, I can provide detailed USB
> data to look at and make sense of in this case; this knowledge should
> easily be transferrable to the PCI driver.
> 
> This would also mean that the card has some kind of internal state
> maintained...

This would explain the strange mixed works/doesnt work reports from
various users.

If it still works when I come home, it will be perfect.

Bye,

Joerg
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