[Etherboot-developers] eepro100.c patch testing

[Matt H. <mbh...@ie...>]

Ken Yap wrote:

> BTW, nothing to do with your PnP ROM problem, if you could please try
> this fix to eepro100.c and let me know if 1. it causes any problems you
> didn't have before, 2. if fixes any problems with kernel crashing that
> some people have reported. If I get a no for 1. I will put the fix in
> anyway.
> 
> Replace the empty eepro100_disable with this:
> 
> static void eepro100_disable(struct nic *nic)
> {
>     /* See if this PartialReset solves the problem with interfering with
>        kernel operation after Etherboot hands over. - Ken 20001102 */
>     outl(2, ioaddr + SCBPort);
> }

I applied it to the latest version of Etherboot (4.6.10), built using
the default Makefile options, put it on a floppy, and tried it out.  I
set up a reboot test where the machine constantly reboots while a
monitoring program watches.  So far, it has successfully rebooted 197
times with no crashes/problems/etc.

What are the circumstances under which ppl are seeing kernel crashes?
I can try to reproduce the situation in the lab using the reboot test.

I had problems a few months ago with kernel panics on bootup when I
was using 2.2.5.  I upgraded to 2.2.15 (the latest at the time) and it
fixed all my problems.

-Matt