> > thanks! that fixed the transmit-timeouts!
ouch, that was too soon. the new driver performs better, but not 100%
without timeouts.
>
> Btw: The stalling you've seen, was that at 10 or 100 Mbps? Hub or Switch?
a 10 Mbps hub, half duplex connection. I tried with a Surecom and an Asante
hub. I also tried connection the two machines I've been testing with
with a crossover-cable, but things went worse then.
> With debug level 2 (and fixed driver), do you find Abort or Underrun errors
> in your log in situations where stalling occured with the old driver?
old driver, kernel 2.4.19, debug level 2:
: via-rhine.c:v1.10-LK1.1.13 Nov-17-2001 Written by Donald Becker
: http://www.scyld.com/network/via-rhine.html
: via-rhine: reset finished after 5 microseconds.
: eth0: VIA VT6102 Rhine-II at 0xe800, 00:40:63:c0:b4:8c, IRQ 11.
: eth0: MII PHY found at address 1, status 0x786d advertising 05e1 Link 0021.
: eth0: via_rhine_open() irq 11.
: eth0: reset finished after 5 microseconds.
: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 00008100.
: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
: eth0: Transmit timed out, status 0000, PHY status 786d, resetting...
: eth0: reset finished after 5 microseconds.
new driver with 2.4.19, debug level 2:
: via-rhine.c:v1.10-LK1.1.14 May-3-2002 Written by Donald Becker
: http://www.scyld.com/network/via-rhine.html
: via-rhine: reset finished after 5 microseconds.
: eth0: VIA VT6102 Rhine-II at 0xe800, 00:40:63:c0:b4:8c, IRQ 11.
: eth0: MII PHY found at address 1, status 0x786d advertising 05e1 Link 0021.
: eth0: via_rhine_open() irq 11.
: eth0: reset finished after 5 microseconds.
: eth0: no IPv6 routers present
: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 00008100.
: eth0: Abort 2008, frame dropped.
: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 00008100.
: eth0: Abort 2008, frame dropped.
: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
: eth0: Transmit timed out, status 0000, PHY status 786d, resetting...
: eth0: reset finished after 5 microseconds.
: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 00008100.
: eth0: Abort 2008, frame dropped.
: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 00008100.
: eth0: Abort 2008, frame dropped.
: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 00008100.
: eth0: Abort 2008, frame dropped.
: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 00008100.
: eth0: Abort 2008, frame dropped.
: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 00008100.
: eth0: Abort 2008, frame dropped.
: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 00008100.
: eth0: Abort 2008, frame dropped.
: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 00008100.
: eth0: Abort 2008, frame dropped.
: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 00008100.
: eth0: Abort 2008, frame dropped.
: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
: eth0: Transmit timed out, status 0000, PHY status 786d, resetting...
: eth0: reset finished after 5 microseconds.
: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status 00008100.
: eth0: Abort 2008, frame dropped.
: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
: eth0: Transmit timed out, status 0000, PHY status 786d, resetting...
: eth0: reset finished after 5 microseconds.
: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
: eth0: Transmit timed out, status 0000, PHY status 786d, resetting...
: eth0: reset finished after 5 microseconds.
shall we continue this via private email?
regards,
h.rosmanith
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