msk/stable

[Danny Braniss]

> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:57:42AM +0300, Danny Braniss wrote:
> > latest -stable (June 11) is causing problems:
> > MB is intel SE7320VP21,
> > 
> > msk0: Ethernet address: 00:0e:0c:6a:85:a8
> > miibus0: <MII bus> on msk0
> > e1000phy0: <Marvell 88E1111 Gigabit PHY> PHY 0 on miibus0
> > e1000phy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 
> > 1000baseT-FDX, auto
> > 
> > msk0: watchdog timeout (missed Tx interrupts) -- recovering
> > msk0: watchdog timeout (missed Tx interrupts) -- recovering
> > msk0: watchdog timeout (missed Tx interrupts) -- recovering
> > ...
> > 
> 
> I think there was not much msk(4) changes in stable. msk(4) in
> CURRENT has a lot changes to support newer controllers. Does msk(4)
> in CURRENT make any difference?
> Also please show me dmesg output(msk(4) related one) to know which
> controller you have.
hrumph, missed some lines:

mskc0: <Marvell Yukon 88E8050 Gigabit Ethernet> port 0xb800-0xb8ff mem 
0xdeefc000-0xdeefffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci2
msk0: <Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Yukon EC Id 0xb6 Rev 0x02> on mskc0
msk0: Ethernet address: 00:0e:0c:6a:85:a8
miibus0: <MII bus> on msk0
miibus0: <MII bus> on msk0
e1000phy0: <Marvell 88E1111 Gigabit PHY> PHY 0 on miibus0
e1000phy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 
1000baseT-FDX, auto
mskc0: [FILTER]

> 
> Btw, are you using MSI?
yes, but it was (so it seemed) working ok.
i'll try again soon without msi.

in the meantime, Im running an older kernel, trying to finish a
very long process (svn/svk), which when done, I will be able
to compile current.

thanks,
	danny