linux-kernel - Re: tg3:No interrupt was generated using MSI, switching to INTx mode. Please report this failure to the PCI maintainer and include system chipset information.

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Message-ID: <1225225760.9170.59.camel@HP1>
Date:	Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:29:20 -0700
From:	"Michael Chan" <mchan@...adcom.com>
To:	"David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
cc:	"donner@...-breitband.de" <donner@...-breitband.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: tg3:No interrupt was generated using MSI, switching to INTx
 mode. Please report this failure to the PCI maintainer and include
 system chipset information.


On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 12:04 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Marc Donner <donner@...-breitband.de>
> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:58:30 +0100
> 
> Please report networking problems to netdev@...r.kernel.org
> (added to CC:)
> 
> Many networking developers do not read linux-kernel
> 
> > Hi @all,
> > 
> > we have installed a dual port Brodcam Gigabit Ethernet NIC, and get the
> > following error in dmesg:
> > 
> > tg3: eth1 No interrupt was generated using MSI, switching to INTx mode.
> > Please report this failure to the PCI maintainer and include system
> > chipset information.
> > 
> > Who is responsible for this error message? We are using Kernel 2.6.21.1
> > and the NIC Chipset is a Broadcom BCM5715CKPBG
> > 

This message means that your system chipset (not the NIC) does not
support MSI.  Please provide lspci -vvv to show the system chipset on
your system.  Thanks.


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