[Prism54-users] Bought a SMC2802W - did I get a .V2?

Thu Feb 10 19:28:57 UTC 2005

Sorry but, AFAIK, if this is not 99-012084-178 or 99-012084-179,
this is not a V1.
Anyone to confirm ?
Seb.

Oliver Aruväli wrote:

> Hello,
> This is my first post here so, I will try to keep it as detailed as 
> possible:
> 
> I bough a SMC2802W for my linux router (old pentium 200 running debian 
> testing with 2.6.8) so that I could connect my laptop to the network.
> 
> After recompileing the kernel with required flags from 
> http://prism54.org/phpwiki?pagename=Prism54%20Debian%20HowTo and 
> installing the needed packages everything seemed to be in order. The 
> first time I booted up, I got the missing firmware error so I placed the 
> .arm file into the needed location and renamed it. Inserted the 
> configuration to /etc/network/interfaces and rebooted again. Dmesg shows 
> the following:
> 
> eth2: islpci_open()
> eth2: resetting device...
> eth2: uploading firmware...
> eth2: firmware uploaded done, now triggering reset...
> eth2: device soft reset timed out
> eth2: timeout waiting for mgmt response 1000, triggering device
> eth2: timeout waiting for mgmt response
> eth2: timeout waiting for mgmt response 1000, triggering device
> eth2: timeout waiting for mgmt response
> eth2: timeout waiting for mgmt response 1000, triggering device
> eth2: timeout waiting for mgmt response
> eth2: timeout waiting for mgmt response 1000, triggering device
> eth2: timeout waiting for mgmt response
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgt_commit has failed. Restart the device
> eth2 (WE) : Buffer for request SIOCGIWPRIV too small (16<100)
> eth2 (WE) : Buffer for request SIOCGIWPRIV too small (32<100)
> eth2 (WE) : Buffer for request SIOCGIWPRIV too small (64<100)
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgmt tx queue is still full
> eth2: mgt_commit has failed. Restart the device
> eth2 (WE) : Buffer for request SIOCGIWPRIV too small (16<100)
> eth2 (WE) : Buffer for request SIOCGIWPRIV too small (32<100)
> eth2 (WE) : Buffer for request SIOCGIWPRIV too small (64<100)
> 
> my ifconfig output is:
> 
> serenity:/home/chaser# ifconfig eth2
> eth2      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:30:B4:00:00:00          inet 
> addr:10.10.11.1  Bcast:10.255.255.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>          inet6 addr: fe80::230:b4ff:fe00:0/64 Scope:Link
>          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:378 (378.0 b)
>          Interrupt:10
> 
> serenity:/home/chaser#
> 
> note the eth2 MAC/Hardware address ... it should be 00:04:E2:D5:B3:BC
> 
> and iwconfig shows the following:
> 
> serenity:/home/chaser# iwconfig
> lo        no wireless extensions.
> 
> eth0      no wireless extensions.
> 
> eth1      no wireless extensions.
> 
> eth2      no wireless extensions.
> 
> sit0      no wireless extensions.
> 
> serenity:/home/chaser#
> 
> and here is the info from the card:
> 
> Part no. 99-012084-294
> SUB-ASSY NO 91-012084-294
> MADE IN CHINA
> 
> output of lspci -vv:
> 
> 0000:00:0b.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation Intersil ISL3890 
> [Prism GT/Prism Duette] (rev 01)
>        Subsystem: Accton Technology Corporation: Unknown device ee03
>        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- 
> ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
>        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- 
> <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
>        Latency: 80 (2500ns min, 7000ns max), Cache Line Size: 0x08 (32 
> bytes)
>        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
>        Region 0: Memory at e6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
>        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
>                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA 
> PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
>                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
> 
> As I see, v2 is nowhere mentioned.
> I just need to now if I might be missing something else here or did I 
> truly get a V2 card. I was thinking of going to have a little chat with 
> the sales person who sold it to me as I was assured that this card is V1 
> not V2.
> 
> lsmod shows that all relevant modules are indeed loaded:
> .....
> prism54                47488  0
> firmware_class      7296    1 prism54
> pci_hotplug           26556  0
> ......
> 
> Thank You all in advance,
> Oliver
> 
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