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

Fri Feb 1 23:45:51 UTC 2013

I'm bumping to this post to see if maybe the patches can get included
in mainline?

I haven't heard of anything in a while, but I know there are still
people waiting for this to be included.

	Thanks!	
		Brandon Penglase

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
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Kevin Tran ktran at broadcom.com
> Tue Aug 21 23:49:47 BST 2012
> 
> Hi Brandon,
> 
> I tested iPXE with BCM5764m and it works fine for me even with 1G
> port on the Dell 6224 switch.   I didn't test out all possible device 
> configurations yet.  We mainly focused our testing on BCM5719 devices.
> 
> Your problem might be due to the fact that management firmware is 
> enabled on the your setup .   I need to reproduce your problem in my 
> environment and I need the configuration of your NIC.
> 
> 
> 
> 1. Enter engineering mode
> 
>      B57diag -b57eng
> 
> 2. log mycfg.txt
> 
> 3. dev
> 
> 4. dir
> 
> 5. secfg
> 
> 6. press <enter> a few times and then type cancel.
> 
> 7. close
> 
> 
> 
> All the configuration will be captured in the mycfg.txt.  Send me the
> file mycfg.txt.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Kevin
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brandon Penglase [mailto:bpenglase-ipxe at spaceservices.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 8:25 AM
> To: ipxe-devel at lists.ipxe.org
> Cc: Brendon Walsh; Kevin Tran
> Subject: Re: [ipxe-devel] Recent tg3 driver commits still fail on
> gigabit
> 
> 
> 
> Should have added this one too:
> 
> http://lists.ipxe.org/pipermail/ipxe-devel/2012-May/001477.html ,
> where we had actually worked on it in the IRC Channel.
> 
> 
> 
> Brandon Penglase
> 
> 
> 
> On 08/21/12 11:15, Brandon Penglase wrote:
> 
>  > I noticed this, this morning as well. I plan to do some debugging
>  > this
> 
>  > afternoon, once I get some other issues out of the way from the
>  > start
> 
>  > of our semester.
> 
>  > I'm not sure if Kevin has seen the previous post or not, but it's
> 
>  > here:
>  > http://lists.ipxe.org/pipermail/ipxe-devel/2012-May/001461.html .
> 
>  >
> 
>  > I do want to thank the guys/gals at Broadcom who are putting an
>  > effort
> 
>  > into this, as it does appear to have fixed a different issue we had
> 
>  > (If you booted via USB, into a WinPE image, the WinPE image was not
> 
>  > able to use the NIC. This appears to be working as expected now).
> 
>  >
> 
>  > I plan to do a DEBUG=tg3 build, so if more debugging, or another is
> 
>  > requested, let me know and I can include that. The machine I have
>  > for
> 
>  > testing does have a Serial output, so I can easily grab any console
> 
>  > output.
> 
>  >
> 
>  > Brandon Penglase
> 
>  >
> 
>  >
> 
>  > On 08/21/12 10:53, Brendon Walsh wrote:
> 
>  >> Hi,
> 
>  >>
> 
>  >> I just wanted to notify everyone that the recent commit with fixes
> 
>  >> for the tg3 driver (a05871d89ad9b94248049c66f238092fc896e9aa) have
> 
>  >> not made any noticeable difference in regards to functionality on
> 
>  >> gigabit interfaces.
> 
>  >>
> 
>  >> I am testing with BCM5764M and while iPXE will function properly
>  >> on
> 
>  >> 100Mbit, it fails on DHCP still on a gigabit link. This behaviour
>  >> is
> 
>  >> the same as before this commit.
> 
>  >>
> 
>  >> Thanks Kevin and all others who are working on this. I can provide
> 
>  >> any data that may help with resolving this issue.
> 
>  >>
> 
>  >> Brendon
> 
>  >>
> 
>  >>
> 
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