Bug 56036 – nforce-net (nvnet) doesn't work under gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.7*

• Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Ridai Govinda 2004-07-04 04:03:20 UTC]

net-misc/nforce-net-1.0.261-r2 merges normally following the /usr/src/linux symlink. But when I try to boot the system my NIC doesn't work. Normally it works via DHCP, but dhcpcd tries for some minutes and can't get some IP, under gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.5-r1 it works... I've tried fixing my IP configuration at /etc/conf.d/net and /etc/init.d/net.eth0 starts, but I can't reach any network, it's as my NIC is dead... Looking at kernel messages, there's one thing different, that I think that matters: 

Jun 29 19:54:16 [kernel] irq 5: nobody cared!
Jun 29 19:54:16 [kernel]  [<c0107aba>] __report_bad_irq+0x2a/0x90
Jun 29 19:54:16 [kernel]  [<c0107e60>] do_IRQ+0x120/0x130
Jun 29 19:54:16 [kernel]  [<c01061c8>] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20
Jun 29 19:54:16 [kernel]  [<c012082e>] __do_softirq+0x2e/0x80
Jun 29 19:54:16 [kernel]  [<c01208a7>] do_softirq+0x27/0x30
Jun 29 19:54:16 [kernel]  [<c0107e3b>] do_IRQ+0xfb/0x130
Jun 29 19:54:16 [kernel]  [<c01061c8>] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20
Jun 29 19:54:16 [kernel]  [<c022e9fe>] pci_bus_read_config_byte+0x5e/0x90
Jun 29 19:54:16 [kernel]  [<e0b385cf>] ehci_start+0x2cf/0x370 [ehci_hcd]
Jun 29 19:54:16 [kernel]  [<c011d311>] printk+0x111/0x170
Jun 29 19:54:16 [kernel]  [<c02eff00>] usb_register_bus+0x140/0x170
Jun 29 19:54:16 [kernel]  [<c02f50fb>] usb_hcd_pci_probe+0x2ab/0x500
Jun 29 19:54:16 [kernel]  [<c0160035>] link_path_walk+0x1b5/0x980
Jun 29 19:54:16 [kernel]  [<c0232532>] pci_device_probe_static+0x52/0x70
Jun 29 19:54:16 [kernel]  [<c023258c>] __pci_device_probe+0x3c/0x50
Jun 29 19:54:16 [kernel]  [<c02325cc>] pci_device_probe+0x2c/0x50
Jun 29 19:54:16 [kernel]  [<c0280c8f>] bus_match+0x3f/0x70
Jun 29 19:54:16 [kernel]  [<c0280dbc>] driver_attach+0x5c/0xa0
Jun 29 19:54:16 [kernel]  [<c0281081>] bus_add_driver+0x91/0xb0
Jun 29 19:54:16 [kernel]  [<c028150f>] driver_register+0x2f/0x40
Jun 29 19:54:16 [kernel]  [<c023284c>] pci_register_driver+0x5c/0x90
Jun 29 19:54:16 [kernel]  [<e0b3c023>] init+0x23/0x30 [ehci_hcd]
Jun 29 19:54:16 [kernel]  [<c0132909>] sys_init_module+0x119/0x230
Jun 29 19:54:16 [kernel]  [<c0106009>] sysenter_past_esp+0x52/0x71


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.emerge any kind of gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.7 ebuild
2.genkernel it
3.emerge nforce-net
4.reboot and use this kernel

Actual Results:  
NIC doesn't work, probably because of that IRQ dump... 

Expected Results:  
NIC should work, as it worked under gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.5 

I have an A78NX - Deluxe MB 
 
emerge info: 
Portage 2.0.50-r8 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r0, 
2.6.5-gentoo-r1) 
================================================================= 
System uname: 2.6.5-gentoo-r1 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600+ 
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 
ccache version 2.3 [enabled] 
Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3 
Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" 
AUTOCLEAN="yes" 
CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -mmmx -msse -mfpmath=sse -m3dnow -funroll-loops 
-fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -pipe" 
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" 
COMPILER="gcc3" 
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/lib/jboss /var/qmail/control" 
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" 
CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -mmmx -msse -mfpmath=sse -m3dnow -funroll-loops 
-fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -pipe" 
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" 
FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" 
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu 
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" 
MAKEOPTS="-j2" 
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" 
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" 
PORTDIR="/usr/portage" 
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage-overlays/experimental-kernels /usr/local/portage-overlays/xentric /usr/local/portage-overlays/hacks" 
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" 
USE="3dnow X aalib alsa apm arts avi berkdb cdr crypt cups directfb dvd dvdr 
encode esd foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imlib java jpeg kde libg++ 
libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mpeg mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam 
pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline samba sdl slang spell sse ssl 
svga tcltk tcpd truetype x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib"

[Comment 1 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) 2004-07-12 01:58:57 UTC]

Have you tried using forcedeth?

[Comment 2 Greg Kroah-Hartman (RETIRED) 2004-07-12 06:11:04 UTC]

nforce-net probably needs to be updated...

[Comment 3 Ridai Govinda 2004-07-12 16:58:50 UTC]

Sorry, I don't know what's forcedeth.. some kernel option?

[Comment 4 Greg Kroah-Hartman (RETIRED) 2004-07-13 09:58:45 UTC]

Yes, it's a driver in the main kernel tree for your device.

Please try that instead, as it now is being supported by developers from 
nvidia.

[Comment 5 Ridai Govinda 2004-07-14 04:50:47 UTC]

Tried it... No hope :-(. Same behavior, I think the real problem is that irq 5: nobody cared issue :-(. (Tried this with gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.7-r10)

Still using gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.5-r1...

[Comment 6 Aaron Bohannon 2004-07-19 09:23:57 UTC]

I can confirm the same behavior using forcedeth with gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.7-r11 on my machine.  I did not check my logs for this output when I was having the problem, but the effects were exactly the same--no way to make a network connection, dhcp would timeout.

[Comment 7 Ridai Govinda 2004-07-24 06:30:26 UTC]

Good to know there's someone else with this issue, 'cause I've loosed hope

[Comment 8 Edward Flick 2004-07-24 14:32:56 UTC]

I'm having the same problem with forcedeth and the latest 2.6.7 gentoo-dev-kernel.  I have been waiting forever for this to be resolved, I'm still stuck in 2.6.5.  Any help?

[Comment 9 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) 2004-08-26 07:44:54 UTC]

Has the issue been resolved in 2.6.8? If not, you need to file a bug at http://bugzilla.kernel.org - this is an upstream kernel bug. You may also wish to play with ACPI/APIC kernel options incase these make a difference.

[Comment 10 Ridai Govinda 2004-08-26 20:11:26 UTC]

Yeap, issue solved with 2.6.8, thanks!