Which kernel are you using.
I've had a similar problem with 2.2.18.
I've backported 2.2.19pre changes to it.
(i.e. apply on 2.2.18 a diff of the file drivers/net/eepro100.c made between 2.2.18 and the last 2.2.19pre)
And since I've never seen this problem again.
Christophe
On jeu, 22 mar 2001 22:04:45 Jun Sun wrote:
>
> I am trying to get netgear card working on a new (read as potentially buggy
> hardware) MIPS board.
>
> The eepro100 driver basically works fine. It is just after a little while
> (usually 2 sec to 15 sec) network communication suddenly stops and I start see
> error message like "eepro100: wait_for_cmd_done timeout!".
>
> I looked into this, and it appears that the SCBCmd byte in the command word
> has value 0x80 instead of the expected 0. I looked at the Intel manual, and
> it says nothing about the value being 0x80.
>
> Does anybody have a clue here? I suspect some timing is wrong or a buggy PCI
> controller.
>
> Please cc your reply to my email address. Thanks.
>
> Jun
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