RE: [BUG FIX] e100 initialization issue on STL2 motherboard

Feldman, Scott (scott.feldman@intel.com)
Tue, 14 Jan 2003 23:09:17 -0800


Jeff Garzik wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 01:51:55PM +0800, Louis Zhuang wrote:
> > The patch will increase waiting time in SCB
> initialization. It will
> > resolve the issue on STL2 motherboard. Pls apply.
>
> Sorry, not applied.
>
> I was kinda hoping Scott would fix that up. It is a verified
> problem (SMBus timeout, IIRC?), and this does indeed fix the problem.

Agreed, don't apply this patch - it's not the right fix.

The solution requires a specific TCO workaround on 82559 to
schedule_timeout after hard reset of the controller, and then follow
that with a wait for TCO traffic to quiesce. Patch forthcoming...

-scott
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