Subject: Re: Why does this fix my problem?
To: Monroe Williams <monroe@pobox.com>
From: Clarence <c5666305@hkstar.com>
List: current-users
Date: 01/02/2003 11:29:16
I do think it is the irq assignment problem as you can see that all your
tlp0, tlp1, tlp2, tlp3 using the same irq 25.  The irq assignment of
Andrew's DFE-570TX is different.  The problem should be solved if you fix
the irq assignment of your D-Link DFE-570TX quad Etherent Card.

Clarence

On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, Andrew Brown wrote:

> >I've been having serious problems with a D-Link DFE-570TX quad Ethernet
> >board ever since I bought it some time ago.  If I try to use more than one
> >port at a time, I pretty quickly get:
> >
> >tlp0: filter setup and transmit timeout
> >tlp0: filter setup and transmit timeout
> >tlp0: filter setup and transmit timeout
> >...
> >
> >and all the ports on the card cease processing packets.
> >
> >I've posted on a couple of NetBSD lists once or twice without finding a
> >solution.  
> >
> ><http://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2002/05/03/0004.html>
> 
> i don't think i had my card when you wrote this, so i didn't write
> anything then.  but...
> 
> >It's possible that there's something about the machine this card is running
> >in that triggers the problem.  (It's an old PowerMac 7500 running
> >NetBSD-macppc-current -- 1.6K at the moment.)
> 
> that might be it.
> 
> >I was recently looking into the problem again, and noticed that all four
> >Tulip chips on the card end up on the same IRQ:
> >
> >-----
> >tlp0: interrupting at irq 25
> >tlp0: Ethernet address 00:80:c8:b9:7b:45
> >nsphyter0 at tlp0 phy 1: DP83843 10/100 media interface, rev. 0
> >nsphyter0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> >tlp1 at pci1 dev 5 function 0: DECchip 21143 Ethernet, pass 4.1
> >tlp1: interrupting at irq 25
> >tlp1: Ethernet address 00:80:c8:b9:7b:46
> >nsphyter1 at tlp1 phy 1: DP83843 10/100 media interface, rev. 0
> >nsphyter1: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> >tlp2 at pci1 dev 6 function 0: DECchip 21143 Ethernet, pass 4.1
> >tlp2: interrupting at irq 25
> >tlp2: Ethernet address 00:80:c8:b9:7b:47
> >nsphyter2 at tlp2 phy 1: DP83843 10/100 media interface, rev. 0
> >nsphyter2: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> >tlp3 at pci1 dev 7 function 0: DECchip 21143 Ethernet, pass 4.1
> >tlp3: interrupting at irq 25
> >tlp3: Ethernet address 00:80:c8:b9:7b:48
> >nsphyter3 at tlp3 phy 1: DP83843 10/100 media interface, rev. 0
> >nsphyter3: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> >-----
> 
> fwiw, mine (in a i386 machine) probes thusly:
> 
>     ppb1 at pci0 dev 14 function 0: Digital Equipment DECchip 21152 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev. 0x03)
>     pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
>     pci2: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, wr/inv ok
>     tlp0 at pci2 dev 4 function 0: DECchip 21143 Ethernet, pass 4.1
>     tlp0: interrupting at irq 12
>     tlp0: Ethernet address 00:80:c8:b9:35:c9
>     nsphyter0 at tlp0 phy 1: DP83843 10/100 media interface, rev. 0
>     nsphyter0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
>     tlp1 at pci2 dev 5 function 0: DECchip 21143 Ethernet, pass 4.1
>     tlp1: interrupting at irq 9
>     tlp1: Ethernet address 00:80:c8:b9:35:ca
>     nsphyter1 at tlp1 phy 1: DP83843 10/100 media interface, rev. 0
>     nsphyter1: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
>     tlp2 at pci2 dev 6 function 0: DECchip 21143 Ethernet, pass 4.1
>     tlp2: interrupting at irq 10
>     tlp2: Ethernet address 00:80:c8:b9:35:cb
>     nsphyter2 at tlp2 phy 1: DP83843 10/100 media interface, rev. 0
>     nsphyter2: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
>     tlp3 at pci2 dev 7 function 0: DECchip 21143 Ethernet, pass 4.1
>     tlp3: interrupting at irq 11
>     tlp3: Ethernet address 00:80:c8:b9:35:cc
>     nsphyter3 at tlp3 phy 1: DP83843 10/100 media interface, rev. 0
>     nsphyter3: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> 
> and it works just fine.
> >...
> >motherboard using that bridge with 4 cards plugged in.  Is there code
> >somewhere that knows it's dealing with a multiport card?
> 
> the manner in which it probes should tell you that there isn't.  the
> card presents to the system as pci-pci bridge with four pci devices
> attached to it.  that nice abtraction at the front alleviates the need
> for special purpose code.
> 
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