Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757421Ab0FAX3J (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jun 2010 19:29:09 -0400 Received: from mms2.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.18]:2044 "EHLO mms2.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755389Ab0FAX3G (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jun 2010 19:29:06 -0400 X-Server-Uuid: D3C04415-6FA8-4F2C-93C1-920E106A2031 Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 16:28:47 -0700 From: "Matt Carlson" To: "David Miller" cc: "mikpe@it.uu.se" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , "Matthew Carlson" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "sparclinux@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [2.6.35-rc1 regression] tg3 vpd r/w failed Message-ID: <20100601232847.GA16274@mcarlson.broadcom.com> References: <19461.26529.591960.912204@pilspetsen.it.uu.se> <20100601.153209.135521213.davem@davemloft.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20100601.153209.135521213.davem@davemloft.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-WSS-ID: 601B483D38O225767137-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1942 Lines: 39 On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 03:32:09PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > > Mikael I'm getting tired of continuing to add the proper > mailing list CC: for your sparc bug reports. Please make > sure to add sparclinux@vger.kernel.org to your reports > in the future. > > Thanks. > > > Booting 2.6.35-rc1 on a Sun Blade 2500 Red with builtin tg3 I get: > > > > tg3.c:v3.110 (April 9, 2010) > > PCI: Enabling device: (0000:00:03.0), cmd 2 > > ... > > tg3 0000:00:03.0: vpd r/w failed. This is likely a firmware bug on this device. Contact the card vendor for a firmware update. > > tg3 0000:00:03.0: vpd r/w failed. This is likely a firmware bug on this device. Contact the card vendor for a firmware update. > > tg3 0000:00:03.0: vpd r/w failed. This is likely a firmware bug on this device. Contact the card vendor for a firmware update. > > tg3 0000:00:03.0: eth0: Tigon3 [partno(none) rev 1002] (PCI:66MHz:64-bit) MAC address ... > > tg3 0000:00:03.0: eth0: attached PHY is 5703 (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1]) > > tg3 0000:00:03.0: eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] TSOcap[1] > > tg3 0000:00:03.0: eth0: dma_rwctrl[763f0000] dma_mask[32-bit] > > ... > > tg3 0000:00:03.0: eth0: No firmware running > > tg3 0000:00:03.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex > > tg3 0000:00:03.0: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX > > > > The three 'vpd r/w failed' messages are new and did not occur with 2.6.34 > > or earlier kernels. These messages are originating from the PCI layer. It looks like your device does not have NVRAM, which is a known issue. I have an idea on how to reduce the noise, but let me investigate it a little more before I commit to it. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/