Re: Kernel 2.2.10 and sonic ethernet chip
Michael Schmitz <schmitz@mail.biophys.uni-duesseldorf.de> writes:
> Known problem: don't do that, then.
> Halt the machine and reset manually. I've wasted some time on that one too
> and could not make heads or tails of the whole reboot code.
>
> > Machine: Quadra 800, 24 MB Ram, 2 discs, MacOS 7.5.3, Debian Linux 2.1
>
> I've run Linux on a Q800, 20 MB RAM for a long time with no trouble. The
> driver was ported and debugged on that machine, see?
Yes, this is quite odd, as I tested the driver fairly thorougly
(running an NFS root installation :) on my now-departed Quadra 650,
and the Q650 is basically a Q800 on its side.
> The error message indicates a subtle timing problem in the driver init
> code. The SONIC core code is shared with MIPS, maybe someone from the MIPS
> port emoved the udelays - David should know about that, and he should know
Hm, I did not know about that. This could well be the problem.
> if any endianness issues might be responsible for this problem. I'm not
No, that wouldn't be it, there's no chance of this since the SONIC is
big-endian in all configurations on the Mac (yes, even the 16-bit ones :)
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