You most likely need a bios update, and probably a firmware update for your BMC. Do you happen to have a supermicro system?
-----Original Message----- From: Lakshmana Reddy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 3:29 PM To: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [E1000-devel] e1000e driver fails with error E1000_ERR_SWFW_SYNC Hi, We are using the below ethernet controller, # lspci | grep "Ether" 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 80003ES2LAN Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 01) 05:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 80003ES2LAN Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 01) The driver used is "e1000e" and the modinfo of the driver is as below, # modinfo e1000e filename: /lib/modules/2.6.12/kernel/drivers/net/e1000/e1000e.ko version: 0.4.1.7-NAPI license: GPL description: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver author: Intel Corporation, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> srcversion: BF253B998B962BD0190E81E *The driver is not able to probe the device and throws up the E1000_ERR_SWFW_SYNC error, * Below is the dmesg after "insmod e1000e" e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - 0.4.1.7-NAPI e1000e: Copyright (c) 1999-2008 Intel Corporation. ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:05:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:05:00.0 to 64 ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:05:00.0 disabled e1000e: probe of 0000:05:00.0 failed with error -2 PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:05:00.1 to 64 ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:05:00.1 disabled e1000e: probe of 0000:05:00.1 failed with error -2 With further debugging we could find that the s/w and f/w sync is an issue, see the below code in the function "e1000_acquire_swfw_sync_80003es2lan", while (i < timeout) { if (e1000_get_hw_semaphore_generic(hw)) { ret_val = -E1000_ERR_SWFW_SYNC; goto out; } swfw_sync = E1000_READ_REG(hw, E1000_SW_FW_SYNC); if (!(swfw_sync & (fwmask | swmask))) break; /* * Firmware currently using resource (fwmask) * or other software thread using resource (swmask) */ e1000_put_hw_semaphore_generic(hw); msec_delay_irq(5); i++; } if (i == timeout) { DEBUGOUT("Driver can't access resource, SW_FW_SYNC timeout.\n"); printk("File name: %s Func: %s Line: %d swmask : 0x%x fwmask: 0x%x swfw_sync: 0x%x\n", __FILE__,__func__,__LINE__,swmask, fwmask, swfw_sync); ret_val = -E1000_ERR_SWFW_SYNC; goto out; } } The firmware holds the resource and there by the s/w returns the error "E1000_ERR_SWFW_SYNC", The printk message is as below, File name: ../e1000-v13.1/drivers/e1000e-0.4.1.7/src/e1000_80003es2lan.c Func: e1000_acquire_swfw_sync_80003es2lan Line: 428 swmask : 0xa fwmask: 0xa0000 swfw_sync: 0x80000 Has anybody faced the similar problem and could resolve it. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks, Lakshmana ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel
