[LinuxBIOS] Ethernet problem with GeodeLX (db800) with running lxbios

Steffen D. ml at saxnet.de
Thu Sep 20 14:53:00 CEST 2007


Peter Stuge schrieb:
> The first column is the interrupt number, 11.
> The second is the interrupt count since Linux start. 354 interrupts.
> Third is the mode that the interrupt controller is running in.
> AMD, is XT-PIC-XT correct for the LX platform?
> Fourth is the list of drivers/interfaces that are sharing this
> interrupt.
>
> Since it's shared between eth0 and USB we can't see reliably if you
> are getting interrupts from the NIC.
>
> Start with disabling USB until this is solved. Then look at the
> interrupt count before and after trying to communicate with the
> system. When running iperf the number should increase fairly
> steadily.
>
> Again, it's important to disable USB (unloading the driver is enough)
> so that you can be sure of the interrupt source.
>   
I have unloaded the usb stuff. I have cated the interrupts before and 
after iperf...:

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# cat /proc/interrupts
           CPU0
  0:    1268114    XT-PIC-XT        timer
  2:          0    XT-PIC-XT        cascade
  4:        934    XT-PIC-XT        serial
 11:       4330    XT-PIC-XT        eth0
 14:        907    XT-PIC-XT        ide0
NMI:          0
LOC:          0
ERR:          6
MIS:          0

# iperf -s
------------------------------------------------------------
Server listening on TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 85.3 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[  6] local 192.168.2.58 port 5001 connected with 192.168.2.2 port 32948
[  6]  0.0-11.6 sec  1.66 MBytes  1.20 Mbits/sec

meshnode:~# cat /proc/interrupts
           CPU0
  0:    1322253    XT-PIC-XT        timer
  2:          0    XT-PIC-XT        cascade
  4:        937    XT-PIC-XT        serial
 11:       6418    XT-PIC-XT        eth0
 14:        907    XT-PIC-XT        ide0
NMI:          0
LOC:          0
ERR:          6
MIS:          0

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