Subject: Re: [RFT] sky2 auto negotiation PHY errata

From: Rob Sims <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 07:23:54 -0700

On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 11:00:53AM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> You need the flow control fix and the tx_timeout fix posted for 2.6.20 (stable)
> and current git tree. 

sky2 1.13 has been far better than 1.10; there have been no system hangs
or permanent sky2 failures.  However, the following two incidents were
in syslog:

Feb 27 07:08:21 btd kernel: Linux version 2.6.20.sky2.1.13-btd3 ([email-masked]) (gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)) #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Feb 27 00:07:34 MST 2007
Feb 27 07:08:21 btd kernel: sky2 0000:04:00.0: v1.13 addr 0xfa9fc000 irq 17 Yukon-EC (0xb6) rev 2
Feb 27 07:08:21 btd kernel: sky2 eth0: addr 00:1a:92:23:52:4d
Feb 27 07:08:21 btd kernel: sky2 0000:03:00.0: v1.13 addr 0xfa8fc000 irq 16 Yukon-EC (0xb6) rev 2
Feb 27 07:08:21 btd kernel: sky2 eth1: addr 00:1a:92:23:4b:a6
Feb 27 07:08:21 btd kernel: sky2 eth0: enabling interface
Feb 27 07:08:21 btd kernel: sky2 eth0: ram buffer 48K
Feb 27 07:08:21 btd kernel: sky2 eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both
Feb 27 19:48:34 btd kernel: sky2 0000:04:00.0: v1.13 addr 0xfa9fc000 irq 17 Yukon-EC (0xb6) rev 2
Feb 27 19:48:34 btd kernel: sky2 eth0: addr 00:1a:92:23:52:4d
Feb 27 19:48:34 btd kernel: sky2 0000:03:00.0: v1.13 addr 0xfa8fc000 irq 16 Yukon-EC (0xb6) rev 2
Feb 27 19:48:34 btd kernel: sky2 eth1: addr 00:1a:92:23:4b:a6
Feb 27 19:48:34 btd kernel: sky2 eth0: enabling interface
Feb 27 19:48:34 btd kernel: sky2 eth0: ram buffer 48K
Feb 27 19:48:34 btd kernel: sky2 eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both

Feb 28 19:06:57 btd kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
Feb 28 19:06:57 btd kernel: sky2 eth0: tx timeout
Feb 28 19:06:57 btd kernel: sky2 eth0: transmit ring 133 ..  110 report=133 done=133
Feb 28 19:06:57 btd kernel: sky2 eth0: disabling interface
Feb 28 19:06:57 btd kernel: sky2 eth0: enabling interface
Feb 28 19:06:57 btd kernel: sky2 eth0: ram buffer 48K
Feb 28 19:07:00 btd kernel: sky2 eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both

Mar  4 13:58:31 btd kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
Mar  4 13:58:31 btd kernel: sky2 eth0: tx timeout
Mar  4 13:58:31 btd kernel: sky2 eth0: transmit ring 353 .. 330 report=353 done=353
Mar  4 13:58:31 btd kernel: sky2 eth0: disabling interface
Mar  4 13:58:31 btd kernel: sky2 eth0: enabling interface
Mar  4 13:58:31 btd kernel: sky2 eth0: ram buffer 48K
Mar  4 13:58:34 btd kernel: sky2 eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both

I only noticed the second of the two.
-- 
Rob