From: Roger Luethi It looks like broken BIOSes controlling Rhine chips will remain in use in significant numbers; such systems fail to come up via PXE after they have been put into D3 (power-saving) mode. This patch adds a module option for disabling the call that puts the chip to sleep. Signed-off-by: Roger Luethi Cc: Jeff Garzik Cc: Joerg Bashir Cc: Tim Phipps Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/net/via-rhine.c | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/net/via-rhine.c~via-rhine-add-option-avoid_d3-work-around-broken-bioses drivers/net/via-rhine.c --- a/drivers/net/via-rhine.c~via-rhine-add-option-avoid_d3-work-around-broken-bioses +++ a/drivers/net/via-rhine.c @@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ static int max_interrupt_work = 20; Setting to > 1518 effectively disables this feature. */ static int rx_copybreak; +/* Work-around for broken BIOSes: they are unable to get the chip back out of + power state D3 so PXE booting fails. bootparam(7): via-rhine.avoid_D3=1 */ +static int avoid_D3; + /* * In case you are looking for 'options[]' or 'full_duplex[]', they * are gone. Use ethtool(8) instead. @@ -120,9 +124,11 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); module_param(max_interrupt_work, int, 0); module_param(debug, int, 0); module_param(rx_copybreak, int, 0); +module_param(avoid_D3, bool, 0); MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_interrupt_work, "VIA Rhine maximum events handled per interrupt"); MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "VIA Rhine debug level (0-7)"); MODULE_PARM_DESC(rx_copybreak, "VIA Rhine copy breakpoint for copy-only-tiny-frames"); +MODULE_PARM_DESC(avoid_D3, "Avoid power state D3 (work-around for broken BIOSes)"); /* Theory of Operation @@ -823,6 +829,9 @@ static int __devinit rhine_init_one(stru } } rp->mii_if.phy_id = phy_id; + if (debug > 1 && avoid_D3) + printk(KERN_INFO "%s: No D3 power state at shutdown.\n", + dev->name); return 0; @@ -1911,7 +1920,8 @@ static void rhine_shutdown (struct pci_d } /* Hit power state D3 (sleep) */ - iowrite8(ioread8(ioaddr + StickyHW) | 0x03, ioaddr + StickyHW); + if (!avoid_D3) + iowrite8(ioread8(ioaddr + StickyHW) | 0x03, ioaddr + StickyHW); /* TODO: Check use of pci_enable_wake() */ _