Problematic motherboards, latest AX8 issues
As of right now, it seems there's a very, very large amount of Linux
compatible AMD64/EM64T systems - motherboards and brand computers -
laptops, desktops and servers.
I think the list for incompatible ones is a bit shorter, but important
as well. And in some (many) cases, the manufacturer can improve the
situation, which usually means upgrading a driver.
I have run into some problematic motherboards:
- Asus A8V-E Deluxe - LAN driver problems with =>2.6.9 kernels - now
fixed with newer driver from chip manufacturer site
- Abit AX8 - LAN driver problems - doesn't seem to be fixed with the
newest driver from yesterday
- Asus K8S-MX - LAN and SATA driver problems
All of the problems I've run into seem to be with PCI Express based
devices, mostly PCI-E LAN controllers.
While I'm at it, I might as well describe the latest problem with the
AX8 onboard lan (IC Plus IP 1000A). Maybe someone has a clue. Driver url
http://www.icplus.com.tw/Data/driver/IP1000A%20Linux%20driver%20v2.07a.zip.
During make all:
CC [M] /usr/src/ip1000a/ipg_main.o
/usr/src/ip1000a/ipg_main.c:3507: warning: initialization from
incompatible pointer type
/usr/src/ip1000a/ipg_main.c:3508: warning: initialization from
incompatible pointer type
/usr/src/ip1000a/ipg_main.c:3509: warning: initialization from
incompatible pointer type
After insmod ./ipg.ko:
ipg : 2.07 Written by Craig Rich, www.sundanceti.com
IPG module searching for Ethernet devices on PCI bus...
kobject_register failed for Sundance Technology IPG Triple-Speed
Ethernet (-17)
Call Trace:<ffffffff801d0e76>{kobject_register+70}
<ffffffff80224d07>{bus_add_driver+103}
<ffffffff80225252>{driver_register+50}
<ffffffff801da656>{pci_register_driver+118}
<ffffffff8803cfd3>{:ipg:init_module+51}
<ffffffff801473e8>{sys_init_module+280}
<ffffffff8010d15a>{system_call+126}
IPG module loaded.
(obviously, it doesnt work)
lspci -v:
0000:00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Sundance Technology Inc IC Plus IP1000
Family Gigabit Ethernet (rev 41)
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1416
Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel, IRQ 5
I/O ports at ec00 [size=256]
Memory at dfffe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
A little bit of googling suggested that this driver may have issues
functioning on a 64-bit OS. I suppose I could try verifying this with a
32-bit Debian installation, but I don't feel that would be of much use.
/v\
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