Dell E521

[Felix Schwarz]

Hi

devnull at adc.idt.com wrote:
> We bought an E521 and have similar issues.

I got my E521 yesterday and can confirm some of your issues... :-(

FC6 ->> 2.6.18-x
> Install will complete.
> Broadcom 10/100 card wont work. The OS thinks its a wireless card.
> I can boot the smp kernel. But I get lots of messages about hogging 
> interrupts.

On my system, the Broadcom card works if I use the standard kernel (no
XEN, FC6 x64). With XEN, it doesn't work.

/var/log/messages says:
Nov 27 18:44:58 localhost kernel: b44.c:v1.01 (Jun 16, 2006)
Nov 27 18:44:58 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC4] enabled at IRQ 19
Nov 27 18:44:58 localhost kernel: GSI 20 sharing vector 0xC8 and IRQ 20
Nov 27 18:44:58 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:07.0[A] -> Link [APC4] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
Nov 27 18:44:58 localhost kernel: b44 0000:04:07.0: No usable DMA configuration, aborting.
Nov 27 18:44:58 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:04:07.0 disabled
Nov 27 18:44:58 localhost kernel: b44: probe of 0000:04:07.0 failed with error -5
Nov 27 18:44:58 localhost kernel: input: PC Speaker as /class/input/input2

Did you mention "wireless" because of
$ ifup eth0
Error for wireless request "Set Encode (8B2A) :
    SET failed on device eth0 ; No such device.
...

I try document other issues (sound with XEN, booting without XEN)
here: http://www.felix-schwarz.name/Linux_on_Dell_E521_(en)

-- 
Felix