Re: eth*: transmit timed out since .27 (was: linux-2.4.27 released)

[Oliver Feiler]

Hi Marcelo,

On Friday 13 August 2004 12:15, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 02:23:34PM +0200, Oliver Feiler wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've upgraded a server from .26 to .27, but ran into problems with the
> > network cards.
> >
> > The kernel throws a lot of errors into the syslog and the net devices
> > don't work:
> > Aug 10 13:39:25 spot kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
> > Aug 10 13:39:26 spot kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
> > Aug 10 13:39:26 spot kernel: eth1: Transmit timeout, status 00000004
> > 00000249 Aug 10 13:39:34 spot kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit
> > timed out Aug 10 13:39:34 spot kernel: eth1: Transmit timeout, status
> > 00000004 00000241 Aug 10 13:39:42 spot kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1:
> > transmit timed out Aug 10 13:39:42 spot kernel: eth1: Transmit timeout,
> > status 00000004 00000240 [...]
> >
> > and:
> > Aug 10 13:39:25 spot kernel: eth0: Tx timed out, lost interrupt? TSR=0x3,
> > ISR=0x3, t=515.
> > Aug 10 13:40:25 spot kernel: eth0: Tx timed out, lost interrupt? TSR=0x3,
> > ISR=0x3, t=5015.
> > Aug 10 13:40:40 spot kernel: eth0: Tx timed out, lost interrupt? TSR=0x3,
> > ISR=0x3, t=1014.
> > [...]
> >
> > The system has three network cards.
> > eth0: SIS900 (sis900.c)
> > eth1: RTL-8029 (ne2k-pci.c)
> > eth2: onboard VIA VT6102 Rhine-II (via-rhine.c)
> >
> > eth0 and eth1 share the same interrupt
> >
> >            CPU0
> >   0:      91986          XT-PIC  timer
> >   1:        935          XT-PIC  keyboard
> >   2:          0          XT-PIC  cascade
> >   8:          1          XT-PIC  rtc
> >   9:          0          XT-PIC  acpi
> >  10:      25109          XT-PIC  via82cxxx, usb-uhci, usb-uhci, eth0,
> > eth1 11:         24          XT-PIC  usb-uhci, eth2
> >  14:       7523          XT-PIC  ide0
> >  15:       7021          XT-PIC  ide1
> > NMI:          0
> > ERR:          0
>
> Wow, you have four devices on the same interrupt line. /proc/interrupts
> from 2.4.26/27 looks the same?

There are five on int10. ;) It's worse on my desktop box with six devices on 
int11. But hey, Linux works just fine so I never cared.

Yes, /proc/interrupts from .26 and .27 is the same.

> > Either way .27 doesn't want to boot. I've attached dmesg from a running
> > 2.4.26 kernel and the config used for 2.4.27.
>
> You mean it boots but you get the Tx timeouts?

Yes.


> Well there are some changes to sis900 between .26 and .27 but I doubt
> they could be causing it.
>
> Can you try to boot with ACPI disabled? I think the problem might be
> related to ACPI configuration.
>
> Also, can you post the boot messages from 2.4.27?

I've attached three boots with .27. One without any parameters, one with 
acpi=off and pci=noacpi (the way I booted previous kernels).

It seems I've found the problem. The network errors were caused by the 
pci=noacpi boot parameter. Once I boot without any parameter or acpi=off it 
works just fine.

Btw, how can I boot with ACPI disabled? I thought it was acpi=off, but it 
doesn't seem to make any difference, the kernel still uses ACPI (see 
dmesg-2.4.27-acpi=off.gz attachement).

Also there must have been some (positive) changes to ACPI in 2.4.27? With 
earlier kernels I had this problem:

Feb 6 18:31:27 spot kernel: PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
Feb 6 18:31:27 spot kernel: PCI: if you experience problems, try using option 
'pci=noacpi' or even 'acpi=off'
[...]
Feb 6 18:31:27 spot kernel: PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin A of device 
00:11.1 - using IRQ 255

This seems to have been corrected as of 2.4.27. I still get the
PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin A of device 00:11.1
warning, but it doesn't assign IRQ 255 anymore which I take as a good sign. :)

So, it seems to work fine now. If you still want me to test something 
regarding ACPI on this mainboard feel free to ask.

Thanks for your help,

Oliver

-- 
Oliver Feiler  -  http://kiza.kcore.de/

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