Re: EBDA Question

2005-02-26 Thread Bukie Mabayoje
"H. Peter Anvin" wrote: > Followup to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > By author:"Moore, Eric Dean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > > EBDA - Extended Bios Data Area > > > > Does Linux and various boot loaders(lilo/grub/etc) > > having any restrictions on where and how big

Re: EBDA Question

2005-02-26 Thread Bukie Mabayoje
H. Peter Anvin wrote: Followup to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] By author:Moore, Eric Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel EBDA - Extended Bios Data Area Does Linux and various boot loaders(lilo/grub/etc) having any restrictions on where and how big memory allocated in

Re: [PATCH] Update to IPMI driver to support old DMI spec

2005-02-09 Thread Bukie Mabayoje
Corey Minyard wrote: > BTW, I'm also working with the person who had the trouble with the I2C > non-blocking driver updates, but we haven't figured it out yet. > Hopefully soon. (Though that has nothing to do with this patch.) > > Thanks, > > -Corey > >

Re: [PATCH] Update to IPMI driver to support old DMI spec

2005-02-09 Thread Bukie Mabayoje
Corey Minyard wrote: BTW, I'm also working with the person who had the trouble with the I2C non-blocking driver updates, but we haven't figured it out yet. Hopefully soon. (Though that has nothing to do with this patch.) Thanks, -Corey

Re: Question regarding e1000 driver and dropped packets (2.6.5 / 2.6.10)?

2005-02-08 Thread Bukie Mabayoje
Bukie Mabayoje wrote: > Can you do a simple test? > Connect the two box to the same switch. ( No other box should be on the > physical bus) > 1. Send packets from BoxA ---> BoxB ( Record the stats) > > 2. Send packets from BoxB ---> BoxA(Record the st

Re: Question regarding e1000 driver and dropped packets (2.6.5 / 2.6.10)?

2005-02-08 Thread Bukie Mabayoje
Can you do a simple test? Connect the two box to the same switch. ( No other box should be on the physical bus) 1. Send packets from BoxA ---> BoxB ( Record the stats) 2. Send packets from BoxB ---> BoxA(Record the stats) 3. Send packets simultaneously from BoxB->BoxA and

Re: Question regarding e1000 driver and dropped packets (2.6.5 / 2.6.10)?

2005-02-08 Thread Bukie Mabayoje
Can you do a simple test? Connect the two box to the same switch. ( No other box should be on the physical bus) 1. Send packets from BoxA --- BoxB ( Record the stats) 2. Send packets from BoxB --- BoxA(Record the stats) 3. Send packets simultaneously from BoxB-BoxA and

Re: Question regarding e1000 driver and dropped packets (2.6.5 / 2.6.10)?

2005-02-08 Thread Bukie Mabayoje
Bukie Mabayoje wrote: Can you do a simple test? Connect the two box to the same switch. ( No other box should be on the physical bus) 1. Send packets from BoxA --- BoxB ( Record the stats) 2. Send packets from BoxB --- BoxA(Record the stats) 3. Send packets

Re: i8042 access timings

2005-02-04 Thread Bukie Mabayoje
Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, Jaco Kroon wrote: > > >> > > >>ok, how would I try this? Where can I find an example to code it from? > > >> Sorry, I should probably be grepping ... > > > If the udelay() didn't work, then this one isn't worth worryign about > > > either. Back to

Re: i8042 access timings

2005-02-04 Thread Bukie Mabayoje
Linus Torvalds wrote: On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, Jaco Kroon wrote: ok, how would I try this? Where can I find an example to code it from? Sorry, I should probably be grepping ... If the udelay() didn't work, then this one isn't worth worryign about either. Back to the drawing board.

Re: 2.4.29, e100 and a WOL packet causes keventd going mad

2005-01-31 Thread Bukie Mabayoje
Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 08:23:47PM -0800, Bukie Mabayoje wrote: > > > > Scott Feldman wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 2005-01-30 at 09:18, David Härdeman wrote: > > > > I experience the same problems as reported by Michael Gernoth whe

Re: 2.4.29, e100 and a WOL packet causes keventd going mad

2005-01-31 Thread Bukie Mabayoje
The issue is not the PME interrupt, the issue is that the device is going into a state that is not valid. A live system should never ASSERT PME# line. As long as this functionality is enable on the chip the PME will be asserted. To avoid this unwanted condition the driver should disable PME on

Re: 2.4.29, e100 and a WOL packet causes keventd going mad

2005-01-31 Thread Bukie Mabayoje
The issue is not the PME interrupt, the issue is that the device is going into a state that is not valid. A live system should never ASSERT PME# line. As long as this functionality is enable on the chip the PME will be asserted. To avoid this unwanted condition the driver should disable PME on

Re: 2.4.29, e100 and a WOL packet causes keventd going mad

2005-01-31 Thread Bukie Mabayoje
Marcelo Tosatti wrote: On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 08:23:47PM -0800, Bukie Mabayoje wrote: Scott Feldman wrote: On Sun, 2005-01-30 at 09:18, David Härdeman wrote: I experience the same problems as reported by Michael Gernoth when sending a WOL-packet to computer with a e100 NIC

Re: 2.4.29, e100 and a WOL packet causes keventd going mad

2005-01-30 Thread Bukie Mabayoje
Scott Feldman wrote: > On Sun, 2005-01-30 at 09:18, David Härdeman wrote: > > I experience the same problems as reported by Michael Gernoth when > > sending a WOL-packet to computer with a e100 NIC which is already > > powered on. > > I didn't look at the 2.4 case, but for 2.6, it seems e100 was

Re: IPMI smbus and Intel 6300ESB Watchdog drivers

2005-01-30 Thread Bukie Mabayoje
David Härdeman wrote: > Hi, > > (third question to LKML today =) > > I've recently bought an Intel SE7210TP1-E mainboard (specs here: > http://www.intel.com/design/servers/boards/SE7210TP1-E/index.htm) and I > now have most things working. > > There are however, two questionmarks left. > > 1)

Re: 2.4.29, e100 and a WOL packet causes keventd going mad

2005-01-30 Thread Bukie Mabayoje
Scott Feldman wrote: On Sun, 2005-01-30 at 09:18, David Härdeman wrote: I experience the same problems as reported by Michael Gernoth when sending a WOL-packet to computer with a e100 NIC which is already powered on. I didn't look at the 2.4 case, but for 2.6, it seems e100 was enabling

Re: 2.4.29, e100 and a WOL packet causes keventd going mad

2005-01-29 Thread Bukie Mabayoje
Michael Gernoth wrote: > On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 10:53:51AM -0800, Bukie Mabayoje wrote: > > Do you know the official NIC product name e.g Pro/100B. I need to identify > > the LAN Controller. There are differences between 557 (not sure if 557 can > > do WOL), 558 an

Re: 2.4.29, e100 and a WOL packet causes keventd going mad

2005-01-29 Thread Bukie Mabayoje
Michael Gernoth wrote: On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 10:53:51AM -0800, Bukie Mabayoje wrote: Do you know the official NIC product name e.g Pro/100B. I need to identify the LAN Controller. There are differences between 557 (not sure if 557 can do WOL), 558 and 559 how they ASSERT the PME

Re: 2.4.29, e100 and a WOL packet causes keventd going mad

2005-01-28 Thread Bukie Mabayoje
Michael Gernoth wrote: > On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 10:53:51AM -0800, Bukie Mabayoje wrote: > > Do you know the official NIC product name e.g Pro/100B. I need to identify > > the LAN Controller. There are differences between 557 (not sure if 557 can > > do WOL), 558 an

Re: 2.4.29, e100 and a WOL packet causes keventd going mad

2005-01-28 Thread Bukie Mabayoje
Michael Gernoth wrote: > Hi, > > we have about 70 P4 uniprocessor machines (some with Hyperthreading > capable CPUs) running linux 2.4.29, which are woken up on the weekdays > by sending a WOL packet to them. The machines all have a E100 nic with > WOL enabled in the bios. The E100 driver is

Re: 2.4.29, e100 and a WOL packet causes keventd going mad

2005-01-28 Thread Bukie Mabayoje
Michael Gernoth wrote: Hi, we have about 70 P4 uniprocessor machines (some with Hyperthreading capable CPUs) running linux 2.4.29, which are woken up on the weekdays by sending a WOL packet to them. The machines all have a E100 nic with WOL enabled in the bios. The E100 driver is compiled

Re: 2.4.29, e100 and a WOL packet causes keventd going mad

2005-01-28 Thread Bukie Mabayoje
Michael Gernoth wrote: On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 10:53:51AM -0800, Bukie Mabayoje wrote: Do you know the official NIC product name e.g Pro/100B. I need to identify the LAN Controller. There are differences between 557 (not sure if 557 can do WOL), 558 and 559 how they ASSERT the PME

Re: Adding an async I2C interface

2005-01-27 Thread Bukie Mabayoje
> I will be glad to work with on this, I have some exposure to the BMC. See > text below in blue. > > bukie > > Corey Minyard wrote: > >> Mark Studebaker wrote: >> >> > is there a way to do this solely in i2c-core without having to >> > add support to all the drivers? >> >> Yes and no. In order

Re: Adding an async I2C interface

2005-01-27 Thread Bukie Mabayoje
I will be glad to work with on this, I have some exposure to the BMC. See text below in blue. bukie Corey Minyard wrote: Mark Studebaker wrote: is there a way to do this solely in i2c-core without having to add support to all the drivers? Yes and no. In order to support this