tg3: Problem fetching invariants of chip, aborting.

fallening · 2009-08-19 06:04:46

Hi all, there is a wired card (BCM57780) problem with my laptop Lenovo U350, using tg3 module(http://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/TIGON3.html);

some more detailed information:

ifconfig -a

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:280 (280.0 b)  TX bytes:280 (280.0 b)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:22:FB:72:6C:B4  
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

wmaster0  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-22-FB-72-6C-B4-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  
          [NO FLAGS]  MTU:0  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

uname -a

Linux enlightenment 2.6.30-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Aug 17 16:06:45 CEST 2009 x86_64 Genuine Intel(R) CPU U2700 @ 1.30GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

lspci | grep Net

03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)

dmesg |grep tg3

tg3.c:v3.98 (February 25, 2009)
tg3 0000:08:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
tg3 0000:08:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
tg3 0000:08:00.0: PME# disabled
tg3 mdio bus: probed
tg3: Problem fetching invariants of chip, aborting.
tg3 0000:08:00.0: PCI INT A disabled

lspci -vvvxxx

08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device 38a2
    Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
    Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
    Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17
    Region 0: Memory at f4500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel modules: tg3
00: e4 14 92 16 02 01 10 00 01 00 00 02 10 00 00 00
10: 04 00 50 f4 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 aa 17 a2 38
30: 00 00 00 00 48 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0a 01 00 00

dmesg |grep BCM

ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.IBCM] (Node ffff88007701a160), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT
ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.GFX0.DD03._BCM] (Node ffff8800770126e0), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT
ACPI Error (video-0525): Evaluating _BCM failed [20090320]

dmesg |grep BIOS

BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
 BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f400 (usable)
 BIOS-e820: 000000000009f400 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000000e0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 00000000776b1000 (usable)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000776b1000 - 00000000776b7000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000776b7000 - 00000000777ba000 (usable)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000777ba000 - 000000007780f000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 000000007780f000 - 0000000077908000 (usable)
 BIOS-e820: 0000000077908000 - 0000000077b0f000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 0000000077b0f000 - 0000000077b1b000 (usable)
 BIOS-e820: 0000000077b1b000 - 0000000077b1f000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 0000000077b1f000 - 0000000077b63000 (usable)
 BIOS-e820: 0000000077b63000 - 0000000077b9f000 (ACPI NVS)
 BIOS-e820: 0000000077b9f000 - 0000000077c00000 (ACPI data)
 BIOS-e820: 0000000077c00000 - 0000000077e00000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 0000000078000000 - 0000000080000000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000e0000000 - 00000000f0000000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec10000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000fed00000 - 00000000fed00400 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000fed10000 - 00000000fed14000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000fed18000 - 00000000fed1a000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000fed1c000 - 00000000fed90000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000ff800000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
  #0 [0000000000 - 0000001000]   BIOS data page ==> [0000000000 - 0000001000]
  #4 [000009f400 - 0000100000]    BIOS reserved ==> [000009f400 - 0000100000]
ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored

cat /proc/mtrr

reg00: base=0x078000000 ( 1920MB), size=  128MB, count=1: uncachable
reg01: base=0x000000000 (    0MB), size= 2048MB, count=1: write-back
reg02: base=0x0d0000000 ( 3328MB), size=  256MB, count=1: write-combining
reg03: base=0x077e00000 ( 1918MB), size=    2MB, count=1: uncachable

I was wondering if there is a way helping me out, or should I report this bug to another people?

Last edited by fallening (2009-08-19 10:11:29)

djszapi · 2009-08-19 21:01:07

Hello fallening!

Does it work on livecd or on other distribution ?

fallening · 2009-08-20 02:09:01

No, it does not work on a livecd(x86_64), someone has reported it works on a ubuntu distribution(possibly a 32-bit version), but I did not check it as the laptop does not have a cd driver.
Just now I tried it by using a 32-bit usb-image livecd, still does not work.

Last edited by fallening (2009-08-20 02:22:30)

djszapi · 2009-08-20 03:55:38

In this case, it can be an upstream, It can be worth to report it to the author/vendor too.

Arch Linux

#1 2009-08-19 06:04:46

tg3: Problem fetching invariants of chip, aborting.

#2 2009-08-19 21:01:07

Re: tg3: Problem fetching invariants of chip, aborting.

#3 2009-08-20 02:09:01

Re: tg3: Problem fetching invariants of chip, aborting.

#4 2009-08-20 03:55:38

Re: tg3: Problem fetching invariants of chip, aborting.

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