On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 6:17 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Quoting "Brandeburg, Jesse" <[email protected]>: > >> >> >> On Thu, 21 Oct 2010, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> I am still having this issue but it seems to only be on x86_64. I used >>> a Knoppix disk to boot with and the card worked with no issues using a >>> 32bit kernel. I downloaded the latest kernel from kernel.org and >>> compiled it and the issue returns using a 64bit kernel. >> >> huh, that is pretty interesting. Does your machine have >= 4GB ram? Did >> you ever try enabling the APIC with apic=force kernel boot option? > > Yes it has 6GB of RAM. I have never tried apic=force as a boot option > I will try that. I thought the default was for apic to be enabled so I > have tried it with apic=no. > > I have tried ignore_64bit_dma=1 and still get the same issue. I am > using modprobe ignore_64bit_dma=1 e1000, that is the correct way to > load it with that option? I have also tried TXDescriptorStep=4 along
I think the syntax is modprobe ./e1000.ko ignore_64bit_dma=1 of course only after make install > with and without the ignore_64bit_dma option. > > I am right now trying to figure out how to get the dmesg.log from > knoppix whch seems to truncate it. Tushar has asked me for this so I > have been waiting to post back until I got it when I noticed your reply. you might be able to boot the knoppix kernel with a kernel option to increase the dmesg log buffer size (think its called log_buf_size ?). > > While I'm trying to figure out the dmesg problem what else if anything > would you need, cat /proc/interrupts or any thing else? cat /proc interrupts on the 32 bit kernel and the full dmesg (i know you're working on it) you maybe just want to do dmesg > file.txt > > Just a note, I have tried the last three versions of the module all > with the same results. > > I am getting close to just installing a 32bit kernel but all of my > VM's are 64bit so it would be a huge hassle. :) The 64bit dma fix is precisely for the problem you're describing, also the descriptor step workaround has been known to help in amd systems. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
