Daughterboard Jetway JAD3RTLANG with three RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet is curious

Daughterboard Jetway JAD3RTLANG with three RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet is curious

[Markus Feldmann]

Hi All,

i have a mini-ITX PC (Motherboard Jetway JNF92-270-LF), whit 3 ethernet 
devices (RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet) on one additional 
daughterboard (Jetway JAD3RTLANG).

Here is my <hwinfo --netcard> output:
http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=Khy1NX61

and dmesg:
http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=Ziq1mizy

I am using this mini-ITX PC as server/router with a debian 
squeeze/stable system.

My problem is that only one of this three ethernet devices (from the 
daughterboard not the internal one from motherboard) at once is working 
correctly. Sometimes i have only one client to my server connected, but 
only one specific ehernet port is working (mostly the physically upper 
one). I didnt found any regularity yet.

Any hints? is there a specific person whom i schould contact?

regards markus

Re: Daughterboard Jetway JAD3RTLANG with three RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet is curious

[Markus Feldmann]

Am 29.11.2011 10:12, schrieb Carsten Wolff:
> Hi Markus,
>
> On Monday 28 November 2011, Markus Feldmann wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> i have a mini-ITX PC (Motherboard Jetway JNF92-270-LF), whit 3 ethernet
>> devices (RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet) on one additional
>> daughterboard (Jetway JAD3RTLANG).
>>
>> Here is my<hwinfo --netcard>  output:
>> http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=Khy1NX61
>>
>> and dmesg:
>> http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=Ziq1mizy
>>
>> I am using this mini-ITX PC as server/router with a debian
>> squeeze/stable system.
>>
>> My problem is that only one of this three ethernet devices (from the
>> daughterboard not the internal one from motherboard) at once is working
>> correctly. Sometimes i have only one client to my server connected, but
>> only one specific ehernet port is working (mostly the physically upper
>> one). I didnt found any regularity yet.
> I guess "not working" means "link detected: no" in ethtool?
>
>> Any hints? is there a specific person whom i schould contact?
> I had a similar (the same?) problems with this hardware about 2 years ago. My
> "solution" was to install windows + drivers, then throw windows away and
> install debian. After that, I had no more problems with those NICs. Since
> then, there have been some patches to the initialization code for these RTL
> Linux drivers, but maybe the windows driver installs newer firmware, too,
> which may be required for that particular product.
>
> Carsten
Hi,

You mean the latest Linux kernel was patched for a better 
initialization? At the moment i am using the kernel 3.0.8. As i 
understood the firmware must be loaded at every power on.

regards Markus

Re: Daughterboard Jetway JAD3RTLANG with three RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet is curious

[Francois Romieu]

Markus Feldmann <feldmann_markus@gmx.de> :
[...]
> You mean the latest Linux kernel was patched for a better
> initialization? At the moment i am using the kernel 3.0.8. As i
> understood the firmware must be loaded at every power on.

What do you mean ? Afaik there is no out-of-driver firmware for the
(old) 8169sc.

Can either of you or Carsten compare and send 'lspci -vv' before and
after windows installs ?

-- 
Ueimor

Re: Daughterboard Jetway JAD3RTLANG with three RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet is curious

[Markus Feldmann]

Am 30.11.2011 00:04, schrieb Francois Romieu:
> Markus Feldmann<feldmann_markus@gmx.de>  :
> [...]
>> You mean the latest Linux kernel was patched for a better
>> initialization? At the moment i am using the kernel 3.0.8. As i
>> understood the firmware must be loaded at every power on.
>
> What do you mean ? Afaik there is no out-of-driver firmware for the
> (old) 8169sc.
>
> Can either of you or Carsten compare and send 'lspci -vv' before and
> after windows installs ?
>
Hi,

i have only Linux (Debian Squeeze/Stable), so i can only post my 
Linux-output:
http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=YeELXqjP
Further on since yesterday, after my kernel upgrade to 3.1.4 i have no 
further problems. But i will wait some weeks.

regards Markus

Re: Daughterboard Jetway JAD3RTLANG with three RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet is curious

[Carsten Wolff]

Hi,

On Wednesday 30 November 2011, Francois Romieu wrote:
> Markus Feldmann <feldmann_markus@gmx.de> :
> [...]
> 
> > You mean the latest Linux kernel was patched for a better
> > initialization? At the moment i am using the kernel 3.0.8. As i
> > understood the firmware must be loaded at every power on.
> 
> What do you mean ? Afaik there is no out-of-driver firmware for the
> (old) 8169sc.
> 
> Can either of you or Carsten compare and send 'lspci -vv' before and
> after windows installs ?

I'm sorry, I don't have that from before the windows install, the whole thing 
happened 2 years ago for me and I can not go back, obviously.

Anyway, this is the current lcpci ouput:

00:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/8169SC 
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
        Subsystem: Jetway Information Co., Ltd. Device 10ec
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- 
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 32 (8000ns min, 16000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18
        Region 0: I/O ports at bc00 [size=256]
        Region 1: Memory at dfaff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Expansion ROM at df900000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA 
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Kernel driver in use: r8169

00:01.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/8169SC 
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
        Subsystem: Jetway Information Co., Ltd. Device 10ec
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- 
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 32 (8000ns min, 16000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 19
        Region 0: I/O ports at b800 [size=256]
        Region 1: Memory at dfafe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Expansion ROM at df920000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2                                                                                                                       
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA 
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)                                                                                
                Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-                                                                                                      
        Kernel driver in use: r8169                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                            
00:02.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/8169SC 
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)                                                                    
        Subsystem: Jetway Information Co., Ltd. Device 10ec                                                                                                                 
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-                                                               
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- 
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-                                                              
        Latency: 32 (8000ns min, 16000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes                                                                                                    
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16                                                                                                                                   
        Region 0: I/O ports at b400 [size=256]                                                                                                                              
        Region 1: Memory at dfafd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]                                                                                                  
        Expansion ROM at df940000 [disabled] [size=128K]                                                                                                                    
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2                                                                                                                       
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA 
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)                                                                                
                Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-                                                                                                      
        Kernel driver in use: r8169

Regards
Carsten

Re: Daughterboard Jetway JAD3RTLANG with three RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet is curious

[Markus Feldmann]

Sorry, i posted the output from my client :-)

Here comes the one from my server:
> 04:04.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
> 	Subsystem: Jetway Information Co., Ltd. Device 10ec
> 	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
> 	Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
> 	Latency: 64 (8000ns min, 16000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
> 	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
> 	Region 0: I/O ports at de00 [size=256]
> 	Region 1: Memory at fdbff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
> 	Expansion ROM at fdbc0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
> 	Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
> 		Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
> 		Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
> 	Kernel driver in use: r8169
>
> 04:06.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
> 	Subsystem: Jetway Information Co., Ltd. Device 10ec
> 	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
> 	Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
> 	Latency: 64 (8000ns min, 16000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
> 	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
> 	Region 0: I/O ports at dc00 [size=256]
> 	Region 1: Memory at fdbfe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
> 	Expansion ROM at fda00000 [disabled] [size=128K]
> 	Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
> 		Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
> 		Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
> 	Kernel driver in use: r8169
>
> 04:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
> 	Subsystem: Jetway Information Co., Ltd. Device 10ec
> 	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
> 	Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
> 	Latency: 64 (8000ns min, 16000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
> 	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5
> 	Region 0: I/O ports at da00 [size=256]
> 	Region 1: Memory at fdbfd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
> 	Expansion ROM at fda20000 [disabled] [size=128K]
> 	Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
> 		Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
> 		Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
> 	Kernel driver in use: r8169

regards Markus

Re: Daughterboard Jetway JAD3RTLANG with three RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet is curious

[Markus Feldmann]

Today i had some problems with the ethernet card at the mid of my 
daughterboard. I tested all 3 ethernet ports more than one time by plug 
in and out the cable again and again. The eth2 made trouble, the orange 
LED blinked slowly. eth1 and eth3 worked correctly (the orange LED 
shined permanently). After some tries with eth2 this ethernet port 
worked at last too.


Here is a output from /var/log/kern.log:
http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=wtbqMXZd

And /var/log/syslog:
http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=2tjLWENE

In /var/log/syslog you can see, that only eth2 made trouble, the other 
ports let me connect really fast to my server/router.

regards Markus