IXP425: help on HSS channelized service

Juergen Schindele schindele at nentec.de
Fri Nov 27 03:21:34 EST 2009


Am Donnerstag, 26. November 2009 schrieb Krzysztof Halasa:
> Juergen Schindele <schindele at nentec.de> writes:
> 
> >> The buffers have different structures for RX and TX.
> > This was a very good hint :-). I discovered that the 
> > "struct desc" used in the kernel mainline driver is quite 
> > different from the one used in INTEL code !?????.
> 
> Actually I meant the structures for channelized I/O RX and TX.
> 
> > When I replace the "struct desc" (see below) it works fine for me.
> > Isn't there a general problem with this driver when it works only 
> > for channelized mode (your case) ???
> 
> It most certainly works in packetized (HDLC) mode.
> 
> Perhaps you're using IXP46x/43x CPU and the new firmware (3.x)?
> The driver works with fw 2.4 (and some older), i.e. the last firmware
> which works with IXP42x and 46x/43x.
Thanks for your info. I thing thats the problem about it. I am using 
an 2.0 firmware from INTEL and that could be the problem.
Investigating......

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