On Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 10:40:48AM +0000, Christian Hewitt wrote:
> Add a generic AX88179A entry for the 0b95:1790 device id:
>
> kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0b95, idProduct=1790, bcdDevice= 2.00
> kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
> kernel: usb 2-1: Product: AX88179A
> kernel: usb 2-1: Manufacturer: ASIX
> kernel: usb 2-1: SerialNumber: 00D24DC0
> kernel: asix 2-1:1.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to read reg index 0x0000: -32
> kernel: asix: probe of 2-1:1.0 failed with error -32
> kernel: ax88179_178a 2-1:1.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to read reg index 0x0040: -32
> kernel: ax88179_178a 2-1:1.0 eth1: register 'ax88179_178a' at usb-0000:01:00.0-1, ASIX AX88179 USB 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet, 20:7b:d2:d2:4d:c0
>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Hewitt <christianshewitt@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> The change is tested by a LibreELEC (distro) user who reports the NIC to be working
> fine (and logs support this) but the "Failed to read reg index 0x0000: -32" errors
> suggest ax88178_info might not be the correct choice. I'm not a serious coder so I
> need to "ask the audience" for suggestions on what more might be needed?
I would probably start by determining what ax88179_read_cmd() is
causing that print. Maybe print in addition cmd, and value. Or add a
WARN() so you get a stack trace.
It might be possible to figure it out by just looking at the code. How
many places actually pass index=0?
Andrew
