SUMMARY: ATMworks 351 network card not initializing on boot

From: Peter Murray <pem_at_po.cwru.edu>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 19:50:33 -0500

--On Mon, Feb 2, 1998 3:10 PM -0400 "Peter Murray" <pem_at_po.cwru.edu> wrote:
> I'm trying to add an ATMworks 351 network card to an AlphaStation 255
4/233,
> but at boot I'm getting the message "Couldn't register with CMM".
>[...]

Thanks to Michael Matthews and Tim Winders for replying. I have not solved
the problem yet, but Tim mentioned that there are improvements to the ATM
drivers in DUNIX 4.0d. I have to install that version of the OS for other
reasons, so hopefully that will fix the ATM problems at the same time.

The entire original message is reproduced below.

Peter

--
Peter Murray, Library Systems Manager                    pem_at_po.cwru.edu
Digital Media Services                 http://www.cwru.edu/home/pem.html
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio          W:216-368-5888
> I'm trying to add an ATMworks 351 network card to an AlphaStation 255
4/233,
> but at boot I'm getting the message "Couldn't register with CMM". 
> Specifically, the bootup sequence looks like:
> 
>   lpa0: ASIC Rev: 1, PHY type is MMF
>   lpa0: Mapping registers to memory space 0x82048000
>   lpa0 at pci0 slot 11
>   lpa0: Total 16 MAC addresses:
>   lpa0: Digital DGLPA ATM Interface, hardware addresses:
>       08-00-2B-81-B2-A0
>  [...]
>   lpa0: couldn't register with CMM
>    - Attached
> 
> The device does show up in the console mode as "Vendor: 102F Device:20",
as
> the README file says it should.  The README file entry for the error above
> says:
> 
>   This is a serious error, the driver will not run correctly.
>   Contact your support person or update the driver.
> 
> To resolve this, I've tried (in order):
> 
>  1. Moving it to a different PCI slot.  The PCI slot it is in now is the
>     lowest one...the combination PCI/ISA slot which shares interrupts with
>     the embedded Ethernet controller.  There was a note distributed with
>     the machine that said some drivers don't have shared interrupt support
>     (the AV321-AA card is one in the machine that has this problem). 
Moving
>     the ATMworks card to the middle slot had no effect.
> 
>  2. Updating the firmware to the latest available -- version 6.6 (was
>     version 6.2)
> 
>  3. Installing the latest aggregate patch set from DEC for DUNIX 4.0a
>     (dated 19971216)
> 
>  4. Removing the LPA100 saveset, redownloading it off the net, and 
>     reinstalling it.
> 
> DEC's hardware support suggested updating the firmware and aggregate patch
> installation.  I haven't been in touch with software support yet (local
> problems with tracking down the support contract number).
> 
> We are trying to connect to a FORE ATM switch over multimode fiber.
> 
> If anyone has any suggestions, I'd appreciate hearing them.  Thanks in
> advance...
>   
> 
> Peter
> --
> Peter Murray, Library Systems Manager                    pem_at_po.cwru.edu
> Digital Media Services                 http://www.cwru.edu/home/pem.html
> Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio          W:216-368-5888
> 

Received on Thu Feb 19 1998 - 01:50:44 NZDT