netdev - Re: Problem with sockets an 2.6.21-rc5 kernel

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Date:	Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:41:09 +0200
From:	Jose Alberto Reguero <jareguero@...efonica.net>
To:	Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Jay Cliburn <jacliburn@...lsouth.net>
Subject: Re: Problem with sockets an 2.6.21-rc5 kernel

El Martes, 27 de Marzo de 2007, Evgeniy Polyakov escribió:
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 04:29:11PM +0200, Jose Alberto Reguero 
(jareguero@...efonica.net) wrote:
> > El Martes, 27 de Marzo de 2007, Evgeniy Polyakov escribiÃ³:
> > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 11:03:21PM +0200, Jose Alberto Reguero
> >
> > (jareguero@...efonica.net) wrote:
> > > > I had two python programs, server.py and client.py(attached)
> > > >
> > > > With server.py in  a kernel 2.6.21-rc5 x86_64 and client.py in the
> > > > same machine,  server.py get the message.
> > > >
> > > > With server.py in  a kerner 2.6.21-rc5 x86_64 and client.py in
> > > > another machine, server.py don't get the message.
> > > >
> > > > The same with the programs in c(attached).
> > > >
> > > > With kernel 2.6.20.3 the programs work well.
> > > >
> > > > There are something wrong in the programs?
> > >
> > > Besides full absence of error checks and coding style issues it does
> > > not seem to contain errors.
> > >
> > > And, btw, C program work with 2.6.21-rc5 (git tree
> > > e0f2e3a06be513352cb4955313ed7e55909acd84) on x86_64.
> > >
> > > server.c application compiled with Debian 4.1.1-21 compiler on x86_64
> > > sucessfully received message from 2.6.18-3 machine.
> >
> > Thanks. I thought it was a kernel BUG. It is a alt1 driver
> > BUG(Attansic(R) L1 Ethernet Network Driver). The error happens with the
> > atl1 driver that comes with kernel 2.6.21-rc5. With he original driver
> > from ASUS for M2V motherboard modified to compile with kernel 2.6.21-rc5
> > there is no problems.
>
> Did it work with in-kernel driver?
> There is only one remotely related change in the driver:
>
> -	mta = ioread32((hw + REG_RX_HASH_TABLE) + (hash_reg << 2));
> +	mta = ioread32((hw->hw_addr + REG_RX_HASH_TABLE) + (hash_reg << 2));
>
> If it worked before, then spurious ioread() from outside of our
> univercity could lead to good/bad mta value (likely zero or ~0), so
> appropriate multicast list update could succeed.
>
> If your programs never worked with this new driver, then it can not be
> easily solved without hardware specifications.
>
> I added Jay Cliburn who submitted the driver to Cc list.
>
> > Jose Alberto

The first time i try the kernel driver was with kernel 2.6.21-rc4, and don't 
work.  I can help to debug the problem, with some help.

I have a M2V motherboard with built-in Attansic(R) L1 Ethernet Network Driver 
and a Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core processor.

Jose Alberto


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