The SysKonnect Genesis and Yukon chip sets have restrictions on the possible control block area. The memory needs to not cross 4 Gig boundary, and it needs to be 8 byte aligned. This patch checks and fails to bring the device up if region is unacceptable.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- skge-2.6.orig/drivers/net/skge.c +++ skge-2.6/drivers/net/skge.c @@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ static struct ethtool_ops skge_ethtool_o * Allocate ring elements and chain them together * One-to-one association of board descriptors with ring elements */ -static int skge_ring_alloc(struct skge_ring *ring, void *vaddr, u64 base) +static int skge_ring_alloc(struct skge_ring *ring, void *vaddr, u32 base) { struct skge_tx_desc *d; struct skge_element *e; @@ -2168,6 +2168,14 @@ static int skge_up(struct net_device *de if (!skge->mem) return -ENOMEM; + BUG_ON(skge->dma & 7); + + if ((u64)skge->dma >> 32 != ((u64) skge->dma + skge->mem_size) >> 32) { + printk(KERN_ERR PFX "pci_alloc_consistent region crosses 4G boundary\n"); + err = -EINVAL; + goto free_pci_mem; + } + memset(skge->mem, 0, skge->mem_size); if ((err = skge_ring_alloc(&skge->rx_ring, skge->mem, skge->dma))) -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html