[MinnowBoard] Repeating "pch_gbe: Transfer Carrier Sense Error"message

[Darren Hart]

I have not seen the Carrier Sense error on any of my boards with my Poky
test builds nor with Angstrom.

Does this message occur regardless of if an Ethernet cable is installed
and connected to a switch?

Does it occur at cold power on as well, a software reset, a hard reset?

--
Darren

On 3/24/14, 20:05, "Robert" <robert at layer2.com> wrote:

>Thanks Ken.  Yes, I see there is a lot of extra stuff that isn't for the
>Minnowboard.  You are right: it does go to the prompt - and everything
>seems
>to work.
>
>For me, the power up is solid, and I just ignore the ext2/ext3 errors.
>The
>only one that I am going to try to get rid of is the carrier sense error
>since it just keeps repeating and is a nuisance.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ken Tait [mailto:ktait at venturesystemdesign.com]
>Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 5:56 PM
>To: robert at layer2.com; MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion
>Subject: Re: [MinnowBoard] Repeating "pch_gbe: Transfer Carrier Sense
>Error"
>message
>
>You are not really missing anything. there are extra drivers spliced in to
>the angstrom to recognize peripherals you may not have. They probably
>started with a working version and modified it rather than a ground up
>build, so there is libale to be extra stuff in here that does not pertain
>to
>this board.
>
>For instance the ext3-fs is another file system, maybe for an additional
>SD
>card interface on the expansion port that doesn't actually exist.
>Another one is the CAN interface, which is not connected to anything.
>
>You can ignore these for now, it should blow past these and boot up if you
>have a valid keyboard/mouse and display attached. If you just have a
>terminal you should come up to a prompt.
>
>I noticed on my board there is some flakiness with the power on sequence.
>The 5V barrel connector does not always make good contact with the
>supplied
>adapter and sometimes the board is so fast it missed the microSD card
>connection and assumes there is nothing to boot from. If you get this,
>trying hitting the reset button or breaking power again.
>
>I have had this working, runs pretty well drivers fairly good out of the
>box. I have it running an hdmi monitor. Note that the default display
>settings may make it look like crap, so you may have to manually adjust
>these if the gui is not ledgable.
>
>i have been able to download other angstrom programs and run them, tried a
>web cam. VLC won't see it, but cheesbox does...go figure...
>
>hope this helps
>Ken
>
>
>
>
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Darren Hart
Yocto Project - Linux Kernel
Intel Open Source Technology Center