Re: Synology PPCBoot SK98 network bug fix

[Oscar Molin <oscarmolin%gmail.com@localhost>]

I think this is working. I'm trying to transfer install sets now over
FTP, I'll report more later.

/Oscar

2011/5/29 Frank Wille <frank%phoenix.owl.de@localhost>:
> Hi!
>
> I hope that I found the reason for the network problems in Synology NAS
> boxes with a newer PPCBoot, i.e. those which support the onboard NIC.
>
> The problem is that PPCBoot uses the Linux SK98 driver, which configures
> the Genesis interface to automatically revert the bytes in all
> descriptors. This is a bit in the PCI config space, which is unaffected
> by any chip reset our drivers are doing, so the receive- and transmit-
> descriptors are not working.
>
> I have uploaded an updated altboot at
>  ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/phx/sandpoint/altboot.bin.gz
>
> Please, anybody running a Synology with network problems, try it and
> report back if it helps. The new altboot will just reset the byte-reverse
> bit in config space.
>
> I have tested it with my DS-101g+, which had no network problems, to
> set this bit. And I was running in the same xmit errors which were
> reported here before. So it is very likely the reason.
>
> --
> Frank Wille
>