2008/8/25 Krzysztof Oledzki <ole@xxxxxx>:> On Mon, 25 Aug 2008, Daniel J Blueman wrote:>>> I (and a lot of other users) have been experiencing the frequent sky2>> transmit timeout problem [1] (on 88E8053/Yukon2 EC gig hardware); this>> is a result of the embedded NIC controller locking up, and I've found>> that updating the firmware addresses this issue. I'm still seeing a>> previous and different issue [2] from time to time though (silicon>> bug?).>> Thanks for the info. I've been dealing with this problem for some long time,> hopefully sky driver from the latest kernels is able to recover from such> hangs, so it is not that critical problem now. It can recover eventually, but for (eg) NFS, the exponential-backoffcauses a 30-60s hang, which if your homedir is mounted, will hit you. >> Marvell shipping broken firmware is completely unpublicised or>> acknowledged, however updated firmware is available through your>> motherboard vendor, so all hope it not lost after all...>> Unfortunately not through all vendors. :( Or maybe not *yet*? At least Gigabyte and Jetway have them for download, as the issueseems widespread: http://tw.giga-byte.com/FileList/FAQ/mb_faq/faq_marvell_eeprom.ziphttp://download.jetway.com.tw/faq/EEP8056_109.zip I can imagine that most motherboard vendors will have encounteredsupport for this problem, so would have the files; it's worth tryingto contact them... >> My 8053/EC is using firmware 2.2 (previously 1.9) - you can check in>> DOS with 'yukondg.exe' from>> http://www.marvell.com/drivers/files/yukondg_v6.53.4.3.zip .>> Stephen, is it possible for sky2 driver to check and print the firmware> version? I agree - this would be useful indeed! > Best regards,>> Krzysztof Olędzki-- Daniel J Blueman˙ôčş{.nÇ+?ˇ?Ž??+%?Ë˙ąéÝśĽ?w˙ş{.nÇ+?ˇĽ?{ąţwţ)í?ćčw* jgŹą¨ ś????ݢj˙žŤţGŤ?é˙˘¸ ˘ˇŚj:+v?¨?wčjŘmś?˙ţř Żů ŽwĽţ?ŕţfŁ˘ˇh??â?ú˙?ŮĽ
