Problem with 2.6.16, HP Netserver e800, 3c59x driver

From: Stephan von Krawczynski
Date: Mon Mar 20 2006 - 15:44:36 EST

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Hello all,

I ran into a problem trying to upgrade some old boxes (namely HP Netserver
e800) from 2.4 to 2.6. I have tried some 2.6.15.X up to 2.6.16, there is no
difference.
The simple problem is: network does not work.
The box in terms of hw looks like this:

# lspci -vv
00:00.0 Host bridge: Broadcom CNB20LE Host Bridge (rev 05)
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr+
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 48, Cache Line Size 08

00:00.1 Host bridge: Broadcom CNB20LE Host Bridge (rev 05)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr+
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32, Cache Line Size 08

00:02.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100]
(rev 08)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company NetServer 10/100TX
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr+
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64 (2000ns min, 14000ns max), Cache Line Size 08
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 9
Region 0: Memory at fd100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Region 1: I/O ports at 1880 [size=64]
Region 2: Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 20000000 [disabled] [size=1M]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME-

00:03.0 Network controller: AVM Audiovisuelles MKTG & Computer System GmbH A1
ISDN [Fritz] (rev 02)
Subsystem: AVM Audiovisuelles MKTG & Computer System GmbH FRITZ!Card
ISDN Controller
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr+
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: Memory at fd101000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32]
Region 1: I/O ports at 18c0 [size=32]

00:06.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B Deluxe Etherlink
10/100/BNC [Cyclone]
Subsystem: 3Com Corporation 3c905B Deluxe Etherlink 10/100/BNC
[Cyclone]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr+
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64 (2500ns min, 2500ns max), Cache Line Size 08
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
Region 0: I/O ports at 1800 [size=128]
Region 1: Memory at fd101400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 20100000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME+

00:07.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 65)
(prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 10e1
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 66 (2000ns min), Cache Line Size 08
Region 0: Memory at fc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Region 1: I/O ports at 1400 [size=256]
Region 2: Memory at fd102000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 20120000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [5c] Power Management version 1
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

00:0f.0 ISA bridge: Broadcom OSB4 South Bridge (rev 4f)
Subsystem: Broadcom OSB4 South Bridge
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0

00:0f.1 IDE interface: Broadcom OSB4 IDE Controller (prog-if 8a [Master SecP
PriP])
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr+
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32
Region 4: I/O ports at 18e0 [size=16]

00:0f.2 USB Controller: Broadcom OSB4/CSB5 OHCI USB Controller (rev 04)
(prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Broadcom OSB4/CSB5 OHCI USB Controller
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr+
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 (20000ns max), Cache Line Size 08
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5
Region 0: Memory at fd103000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

05:03.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B Deluxe Etherlink
10/100/BNC [Cyclone]
Subsystem: 3Com Corporation 3c905B Deluxe Etherlink 10/100/BNC
[Cyclone]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr+
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64 (2500ns min, 2500ns max), Cache Line Size 08
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5
Region 0: I/O ports at 2400 [size=128]
Region 1: Memory at fd110000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 20140000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

05:05.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53C896/897 (rev 07)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 60e0
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr+
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 72 (4250ns min, 16000ns max), Cache Line Size 08
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
Region 0: I/O ports at 1c00 [size=256]
Region 1: Memory at fd110400 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Region 3: Memory at fd112000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

05:05.1 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53C896/897 (rev 07)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 60e0
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr+
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 72 (4250ns min, 16000ns max), Cache Line Size 08
Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: I/O ports at 2000 [size=256]
Region 1: Memory at fd110800 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Region 3: Memory at fd114000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

The cards (two 3com 3c905B) look correctly configured with ethtool:

Settings for eth0:
Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Speed: 100Mb/s
Duplex: Full
Port: MII
PHYAD: 24
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: on
Current message level: 0x00000001 (1)
Link detected: yes

Settings for eth1:
Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Speed: 10Mb/s
Duplex: Half
Port: MII
PHYAD: 24
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: on
Current message level: 0x00000001 (1)
Link detected: yes

Yes, eth1 should really be a 10M/hd link.

And interrupts:
# cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0
0: 490304 XT-PIC timer
1: 1883 XT-PIC i8042
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
5: 0 XT-PIC ohci_hcd:usb1, eth1
8: 2 XT-PIC rtc
9: 505 XT-PIC acpi, eth2
10: 36044 XT-PIC sym53c8xx, eth0
11: 33 XT-PIC sym53c8xx, HiSax
12: 104 XT-PIC i8042
NMI: 0
ERR: 0

Modules:
Module Size Used by
eepro100 24208 0
3c59x 35752 0
nls_cp437 5760 2
nls_utf8 2048 2
smbfs 50680 3
speedstep_lib 3844 0
freq_table 3588 0
usbserial 24524 0
nfsd 74728 9
exportfs 4224 1 nfsd
lockd 49128 2 nfsd
sunrpc 114340 8 nfsd,lockd
thermal 10888 0
processor 17600 1 thermal
fan 3588 0
button 5136 0
battery 7812 0
ac 3716 0
af_packet 14472 4
ppp_generic 20884 2
edd 8032 0
hisax 122840 2
ohci_hcd 15492 0
usbcore 93984 3 usbserial,ohci_hcd
generic 4100 0 [permanent]
ide_core 95748 1 generic
i2c_piix4 7312 0
i2c_core 15120 1 i2c_piix4
mii 4480 2 eepro100,3c59x
isdn 111840 5 hisax
slhc 5632 2 ppp_generic,isdn
parport_pc 31472 1
lp 8256 0
parport 27208 2 parport_pc,lp
loop 11272 2

Kernel, as said, is a stock 2.6.16 but 2.6.15.4 or the like is just the same.

Now for the weirdos:
- Neither eth0 nor eth1 works
- Both work flawlessly with kernel 2.4.30 (same box!)
- But: the same harddisk plugged into another box of about the same age (namely
Dell) with two 3c905B _works_.
- acpi=off does not help
- noapic does not help
- pci=routeirq does not help
- everything else in the box including the onboard intel network does work
without the slightest problems.
- it's all the same with about a dozen of those netservers.

I _guess_ it has something to do with the interrupts but I can't nail it down.
In rare cases eth0 looks like working, but then ping shows strange latencies
(around 7 ms) for LAN and compared to onboard intel with 0,276 ms.

If you need further info, feel free to ask, I ran out of ideas right now ...

--
Regards,
Stephan

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