Re: sky2 (was Re: 2.6.18-mm2)

Hello Stephen,

Am Donnerstag, den 28.09.2006, 16:19 -0700 schrieb Stephen Hemminger:

[...]

Here is the debug patch I sent to the first reporter of the problem.
I know what the offset is supposed to be, so if the PCI subsystem is
wrong, this will show.

--- sky2.orig/drivers/net/sky2.c 2006-09-28 08:45:27.000000000 -0700
+++ sky2/drivers/net/sky2.c 2006-09-28 08:51:24.000000000 -0700

[...]

Thanks for the patch:

+root@mhcln01:~ >dmesg |grep -i expres
[ 36.814288] sky2 pci express found but not extended error support?
[ 36.820494] sky2 pci express error status register fixed from 0x0 to
0x100
[ 36.833769] sky2 0000:04:00.0: pci express error (0x100000)
[ 36.851296] sky2 pci express found but not extended error support?
[ 36.857499] sky2 pci express error status register fixed from 0x0 to
0x100
[ 36.870756] sky2 0000:03:00.0: pci express error (0x100000)
+root@mhcln01:~ >

The annoying messages are gone =)
Attached is a complete dmesg of a fresh boot.

Thanks for your time.
--
Matthias Hentges

My OS: Debian SID. Geek by Nature, Linux by Choice

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