Re: 2.2.18: weird eepro100 msgs

[Ion Badulescu]

On Fri, 2 Feb 2001 15:01:05 -0800 (PST), Ivan Passos <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Sometimes when I reboot the system, as soon as the eepro100 module is
> loaded, I start to get these msgs on the screen:
> 
> eth0: card reports no resources.
> eth0: card reports no RX buffers.
> eth0: card reports no resources.
> eth0: card reports no RX buffers.
> eth0: card reports no resources.
> eth0: card reports no RX buffers.
> (...)

Does the following patch, taken from 2.4.1, help?

Ion

-- 
  It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool,
            than to open it and remove all doubt.
------------------------
--- linux-2.2.18/drivers/net/eepro100-old.c	Fri Feb  2 15:30:23 2001
+++ linux-2.2.18/drivers/net/eepro100.c	Fri Feb  2 15:33:19 2001
@@ -751,6 +751,7 @@
 	   This takes less than 10usec and will easily finish before the next
 	   action. */
 	outl(PortReset, ioaddr + SCBPort);
+	inl(ioaddr + SCBPort);
 	/* Honor PortReset timing. */
 	udelay(10);
 
@@ -839,6 +840,7 @@
 #endif  /* kernel_bloat */
 
 	outl(PortReset, ioaddr + SCBPort);
+	inl(ioaddr + SCBPort);
 	/* Honor PortReset timing. */
 	udelay(10);
 
@@ -1062,6 +1064,9 @@
 	/* Set the segment registers to '0'. */
 	wait_for_cmd_done(ioaddr + SCBCmd);
 	outl(0, ioaddr + SCBPointer);
+	/* impose a delay to avoid a bug */
+	inl(ioaddr + SCBPointer);
+	udelay(10);
 	outb(RxAddrLoad, ioaddr + SCBCmd);
 	wait_for_cmd_done(ioaddr + SCBCmd);
 	outb(CUCmdBase, ioaddr + SCBCmd);