delayed cardbus network startup (since 2.6.12.2)

Since upgrading my kernel from 2.6.11.7 to 2.6.12.2 (and also with
2.6.13 and now 2.6.14.3), I've been experiencing a variable delay
of 0 to 60 seconds when booting before seeing the following message
and being able to use the network:

eth0: Setting full-duplex based on MII #0 link partner capability of 01e1.

The network card is a 3Com 3cCFE575CT, laptop is a Winbook Si,
pcmcia-cs is version 3.2.8. Other network cards (non-cardbus) work
OK. The kernel configurations are essentially the same.

The device shows up in "lspci" immediately, so the suggestion on
the linux-pcmcia list was that it's probably a network driver
problem, not a cardbus/pcmcia problem. I've received no response
from the netdev list.

A race condition, perhaps? Any suggestions will be appreciated.


Output from lspci -vvx:

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host
bridge (rev 03)
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64
Region 0: Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 1.0
Status: RQ=32 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64- HTrans-
64bit- FW- AGP3- Rate=x1,x2
Command: RQ=1 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA- AGP- GART64- 64bit- FW-
Rate=<none>
00: 86 80 90 71 06 01 10 22 03 00 00 06 00 40 00 00
10: 08 00 00 f8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
30: 00 00 00 00 a0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP
bridge (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 128
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
Memory behind bridge: fc100000-fdffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 10000000-100fffff
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA+ VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B+
00: 86 80 91 71 1f 00 20 02 03 00 04 06 00 80 01 00
10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 40 20 20 a0 02
20: 10 fc f0 fd 00 10 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 8c 00

0000:00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1969 Solo-1
Audiodrive (rev 02)
Subsystem: ESS Technology: Unknown device 8898
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64 (500ns min, 6000ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5
Region 0: I/O ports at 1080 [size=64]
Region 1: I/O ports at 1060 [size=16]
Region 2: I/O ports at 10d0 [size=16]
Region 3: I/O ports at 10c4 [size=4]
Region 4: I/O ports at 10c0 [size=4]
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 1
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00: 5d 12 69 19 05 00 90 02 02 00 01 04 00 40 00 00
10: 81 10 00 00 61 10 00 00 d1 10 00 00 c5 10 00 00
20: c1 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 5d 12 98 88
30: 00 00 00 00 c0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 01 02 18

0000:00:06.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems LT WinModem
Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc: Unknown device 1374
Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 0
Region 0: Memory at fc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled]
[size=256]
Region 1: I/O ports at 10c8 [disabled] [size=8]
Region 2: I/O ports at 1400 [disabled] [size=256]
Capabilities: [f8] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=160mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00: c1 11 50 04 00 00 90 02 00 00 80 07 00 40 00 00
10: 00 00 00 fc c9 10 00 00 01 14 00 00 00 00 00 00
20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 09 15 74 13
30: 00 00 00 00 f8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 01 fc 0e

0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
00: 86 80 10 71 0f 00 80 02 02 00 01 06 00 00 80 00
10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
(prog-if 80 [Master])
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64
Region 4: I/O ports at 1070 [size=16]
00: 86 80 11 71 05 00 80 02 01 80 01 01 00 40 00 00
10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20: 71 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB
(rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64
Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 9
Region 4: I/O ports at 10e0 [size=32]
00: 86 80 12 71 05 00 80 02 01 00 03 0c 00 40 00 00
10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20: e1 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 04 00 00

0000:00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Interrupt: pin ? routed to IRQ 9
00: 86 80 13 71 03 00 80 02 02 00 80 06 00 00 00 00
10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

0000:00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6832/6833 CardBus Controller
(rev 34)
Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc: Unknown device 4260
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 168
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
Region 0: Memory at 10100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=05, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: 12000000-13fff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 14000000-15fff000
I/O window 0: 00001800-000018ff
I/O window 1: 00001c00-00001cff
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- ISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- 16bInt+ PostWrite+
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
00: 17 12 32 68 87 00 10 04 34 00 07 06 00 a8 82 00
10: 00 00 10 10 a0 00 00 02 00 02 05 b0 00 00 00 12
20: 00 f0 ff 13 00 00 00 14 00 f0 ff 15 01 18 00 00
30: fd 18 00 00 01 1c 00 00 fd 1c 00 00 00 01 80 05
40: 09 15 60 42 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

0000:00:0a.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6832/6833 CardBus Controller
(rev 34)
Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc: Unknown device 4260
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 168
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
Region 0: Memory at 10101000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=09, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: 16000000-17fff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 18000000-19fff000
I/O window 0: 00003000-000030ff
I/O window 1: 00003400-000034ff
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- ISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- 16bInt- PostWrite+
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
00: 17 12 32 68 87 00 10 04 34 00 07 06 00 a8 82 00
10: 00 10 10 10 a0 00 00 02 00 06 09 b0 00 00 00 16
20: 00 f0 ff 17 00 00 00 18 00 f0 ff 19 01 30 00 00
30: fd 30 00 00 01 34 00 00 fd 34 00 00 00 01 00 05
40: 09 15 60 42 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M
AGP 2x (rev 64) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc: Unknown device 4230
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 66 (2000ns min), Cache Line Size: 0x08 (32 bytes)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5
Region 0: Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Region 1: I/O ports at 2000 [size=256]
Region 2: Memory at fc100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Expansion ROM at 10000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [50] AGP version 1.0
Status: RQ=256 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64- HTrans-
64bit- FW- AGP3- Rate=x1,x2
Command: RQ=1 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA- AGP- GART64- 64bit- FW-
Rate=<none>
Capabilities: [5c] Power Management version 1
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00: 02 10 4d 4c 87 00 90 02 64 00 00 03 08 42 00 00
10: 00 00 00 fd 01 20 00 00 00 00 10 fc 00 00 00 00
20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 15 30 42
30: 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 01 08 00

0000:06:00.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3cCFE575CT CardBus
[Cyclone] (rev 10)
Subsystem: 3Com Corporation FE575C-3Com 10/100 LAN CardBus-Fast Ethernet
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64 (2500ns min, 1250ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
Region 0: I/O ports at 3000 [size=128]
Region 1: Memory at 18000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
Region 2: Memory at 18000080 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
Expansion ROM at 16000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [50] <chain broken>
00: b7 10 57 52 07 00 10 02 10 00 00 02 00 40 00 00
10: 01 30 00 00 00 00 00 18 80 00 00 18 00 00 00 00
20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 90 00 00 00 b7 10 57 5c
30: 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0a 01 0a 05

Thanks,

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Bill Brelsford
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On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 20:42:28 GMT, W M Brelsford <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Since upgrading my kernel from 2.6.11.7 to 2.6.12.2 (and also with
>2.6.13 and now 2.6.14.3), I've been experiencing a variable delay
>of 0 to 60 seconds when booting before seeing the following message
>and being able to use the network:
>
> eth0: Setting full-duplex based on MII #0 link partner capability of 01e1.
>
>The network card is a 3Com 3cCFE575CT, laptop is a Winbook Si,
>pcmcia-cs is version 3.2.8. Other network cards (non-cardbus) work
>OK. The kernel configurations are essentially the same.

I'm running similar hardware on a Toshiba laptop:
http://bugsplatter.mine.nu/test/boxen/tosh/

440ZX + PIIX, but with Xircom RBE-100 CardBus NIC, no problems with
2.4.latest or 2.6.latest.

Are there no hints in the logs? dmesg? dhcp client?

Sorry I don't remember what changed 2.6.11 -> 2.6.12 in this area.

Grant.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
Grant <g_r_a_n_t_@dodo.com.au> wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 20:42:28 GMT, W M Brelsford <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Since upgrading my kernel from 2.6.11.7 to 2.6.12.2 (and also with
>>2.6.13 and now 2.6.14.3), I've been experiencing a variable delay
>>of 0 to 60 seconds when booting before seeing the following message
>>and being able to use the network:
>>
>> eth0: Setting full-duplex based on MII #0 link partner capability of 01e1.
>>
>>The network card is a 3Com 3cCFE575CT, laptop is a Winbook Si,
>>pcmcia-cs is version 3.2.8. Other network cards (non-cardbus) work
>>OK. The kernel configurations are essentially the same.
>
> I'm running similar hardware on a Toshiba laptop:
> http://bugsplatter.mine.nu/test/boxen/tosh/
>
> 440ZX + PIIX, but with Xircom RBE-100 CardBus NIC, no problems with
> 2.4.latest or 2.6.latest.
>
> Are there no hints in the logs? dmesg? dhcp client?

Nothing in dmesg or syslog, other than the "Setting full-duplex.."
message showing up later. I'm not using dhcp on this card.

--
Bill Brelsford
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