[ipxe-devel] Recent tg3 driver commits still fail on gigabit

[Calvin Owens]

On 10/18/12 22:23, Calvin Owens wrote:
> On 10/18/12 21:41, Brandon Penglase wrote:
>> FYI to all, apparently Apple's Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter
>> (http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD463ZM/A/thunderbolt-to-gigabit-ethernet-adapter)
>> uses the 57762 chip (PCI ID 14e4:1682). Looks like these
>> patches also fixes an issue with that card. A person by the name of
>> BoRiS came into the IRC channel reporting that this adapter with a
>> Retina Macbook Pro, was not working (even on 100mbit). Once these
>> patches were applied, it started working. 
>>
>> Maybe this also is the fix for the other thread about the iMacs?
>>
>>
>> 	Brandon Penglase
> 
> I'll try Kevin's patches in our iMac lab tomorrow afternoon and let you
> know the result.
> 
> Cheers,
> Calvin

I have been rather forcefully informed I am no longer permitted to test
software on my university's lab computers.

Sorry...

Cheers,
Calvin Owens

>> On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:20:16 +0000
>> "Kevin Tran" <ktran at broadcom.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Attached are the patches that will fix issues where iPXE fails in
>>> 1Gbps mode when APE (management firmware) is disabled.  Brandon and
>>> others have confirmed that these patches fixed their problems.  
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Kevin Tran 
>>> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 3:28 PM
>>> To: 'Brandon Penglase'; ipxe-devel at lists.ipxe.org
>>> Subject: RE: [ipxe-devel] Recent tg3 driver commits still fail on
>>> gigabit
>>>
>>> Hi Brandon,
>>> We were able to reproduce the issue you reported on BCM5764m.  We
>>> already resolved this.   I will send you the fixes on other e-mail.
>>> Once you confirm that your issue is fixed, we will submit the changes.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Kevin
>>>   
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Brandon Penglase [mailto:bpenglase-ipxe at spaceservices.net]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 10:57 AM
>>> To: ipxe-devel at lists.ipxe.org
>>> Cc: Kevin Tran
>>> Subject: Re: [ipxe-devel] Recent tg3 driver commits still fail on
>>> gigabit
>>>
>>> Kevin,
>>> 	Thanks for getting back to us.
>>> 	It seems the only b57diag I've been able to find is from 2004
>>> (or earlier). The download I'm finding on the website is for
>>> b57udiag, which doesn't seem to have the -b57eng option. When I use
>>> the one from 2004, I get "Invalid device 0 requested." I don't
>>> believe there is any sort of management on this machine that would be
>>> involved. It's a Dell FX160, BIOS A07. It does have the ImageServer
>>> option, but it is not currently enabled. According to the b57udiag
>>> -dir it finds: 0 5764M:B0 02:00:0 Ex1 250 FEBF 10 128k/128k
>>> 00262d21e4ec 5764m-v3.35 W
>>>
>>> 	If it helps, I only have the problem when booting with a
>>> ipxe.usb thats been DD'd to a 2gb thumb drive. I haven't tried a CD
>>> yet, but using the built in UNDI to chainload to iPXE ends up working
>>> fine. I have used two different gigabit switches, the original was a
>>> 16port Linksys one, the current is a 8port Netgear GS108.
>>>
>>> 	Brandon Penglase