linux-kernel - Re: r8169 on n2100 (was Re: r8169 mac address change (was Re: [0/3] 2.6.19-rc2: known regressions))

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Date:	Sun, 17 Dec 2006 00:09:01 +0100
From:	Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@...tstofly.org>
To:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>,
	Martin Michlmayr <tbm@...ius.com>,
	Riku Voipio <riku.voipio@....fi>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: r8169 on n2100 (was Re: r8169 mac address change (was Re: [0/3] 2.6.19-rc2: known regressions))

On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 09:14:35PM +0000, Russell King wrote:

> > > > Is there a way we can have this done by default on the n2100?  I guess
> > > > that since it's a PCI device, there isn't much hope for that..?
> > > 
> > > Do you mean an automagically tuned default value based on CONFIG_ARM ?
> > 
> > No, that wouldn't make sense, that's like making a workaround depend on
> > arch == i386.
> > 
> > I'm thinking that we should somehow enable this option on the n2100
> > built-in r8169 ports by default only.  Since the n2100 also has a mini-PCI
> > slot, and it is in theory possible to put an r8169 on a mini-PCI card,
> > the workaround probably shouldn't apply to those, so testing for
> > CONFIG_MACH_N2100 also isn't the right thing to do.
> 
> There is dev->broken_parity_status ... although exactly what the sematics
> of that flag actually are seems to be rather vague - there's code which
> sets it for the Mellanox Tavor device, but it seems to only be exposed
> via sysfs - no code in drivers/pci seems to take any action based upon
> this flag being set.

Sounds good.  How about something like the patch below plus the
corresponding r8169 diff?


Index: linux-2.6.19/arch/arm/mach-iop32x/n2100.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19.orig/arch/arm/mach-iop32x/n2100.c
+++ linux-2.6.19/arch/arm/mach-iop32x/n2100.c
@@ -123,9 +123,13 @@ static struct hw_pci n2100_pci __initdat
 
 static int __init n2100_pci_init(void)
 {
-	if (machine_is_n2100())
+	if (machine_is_n2100()) {
 		pci_common_init(&n2100_pci);
 
+		pci_get_bus_and_slot(0, 0x08)->broken_parity_status = 1;
+		pci_get_bus_and_slot(0, 0x10)->broken_parity_status = 1;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
-
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