it seems that pre-2.0.31 networking with Vortex cards isn't as good
as it could be :-(
Sometime this weekend, my machine fell of the net. This is what was
left in the syslog, lots of times:
May 24 01:55:01 mvmap66 kernel: eth0: transmit timed out, tx_status 88 status e000.
May 24 01:55:01 mvmap66 kernel: eth0: Transmitter encountered 16 collisions -- network network cable problem?
May 24 01:55:01 mvmap66 kernel: Flags; bus-master 0, full 0; dirty 0 current 0.
May 24 01:55:01 mvmap66 kernel: Down list ffffffff vs. 00006524.
May 24 01:55:01 mvmap66 kernel: 0: 00006524 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:01 mvmap66 kernel: 1: 00006534 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:01 mvmap66 kernel: 2: 00006544 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:01 mvmap66 kernel: 3: 00006554 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:01 mvmap66 kernel: 4: 00006564 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:01 mvmap66 kernel: 5: 00006574 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:01 mvmap66 kernel: 6: 00006584 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:01 mvmap66 kernel: 7: 00006594 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:01 mvmap66 kernel: 8: 000065a4 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:01 mvmap66 kernel: 9: 000065b4 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:01 mvmap66 kernel: 10: 000065c4 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:01 mvmap66 kernel: 11: 000065d4 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:01 mvmap66 kernel: 12: 000065e4 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:01 mvmap66 kernel: 13: 000065f4 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:01 mvmap66 kernel: 14: 00006604 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:01 mvmap66 kernel: 15: 00006614 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:02 mvmap66 kernel: eth0: transmit timed out, tx_status 00 status e000.
May 24 01:55:02 mvmap66 kernel: Flags; bus-master 0, full 0; dirty 0 current 0.
May 24 01:55:02 mvmap66 kernel: Down list ffffffff vs. 00006524.
May 24 01:55:02 mvmap66 kernel: 0: 00006524 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:02 mvmap66 kernel: 1: 00006534 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:02 mvmap66 kernel: 2: 00006544 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:02 mvmap66 kernel: 3: 00006554 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:02 mvmap66 kernel: 4: 00006564 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:02 mvmap66 kernel: 5: 00006574 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:02 mvmap66 kernel: 6: 00006584 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:02 mvmap66 kernel: 7: 00006594 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:02 mvmap66 kernel: 8: 000065a4 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:02 mvmap66 kernel: 9: 000065b4 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:02 mvmap66 kernel: 10: 000065c4 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:02 mvmap66 kernel: 11: 000065d4 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:02 mvmap66 kernel: 12: 000065e4 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:02 mvmap66 kernel: 13: 000065f4 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:02 mvmap66 kernel: 14: 00006604 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:02 mvmap66 kernel: 15: 00006614 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:03 mvmap66 kernel: eth0: transmit timed out, tx_status 00 status e000.
May 24 01:55:03 mvmap66 kernel: Flags; bus-master 0, full 0; dirty 0 current 0.
May 24 01:55:03 mvmap66 kernel: Down list ffffffff vs. 00006524.
May 24 01:55:03 mvmap66 kernel: 0: 00006524 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:03 mvmap66 kernel: 1: 00006534 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:03 mvmap66 kernel: 2: 00006544 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:03 mvmap66 kernel: 3: 00006554 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:03 mvmap66 kernel: 4: 00006564 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:03 mvmap66 kernel: 5: 00006574 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:03 mvmap66 kernel: 6: 00006584 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:03 mvmap66 kernel: 7: 00006594 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:03 mvmap66 kernel: 8: 000065a4 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:03 mvmap66 kernel: 9: 000065b4 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:03 mvmap66 kernel: 10: 000065c4 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:03 mvmap66 kernel: 11: 000065d4 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:03 mvmap66 kernel: 12: 000065e4 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:03 mvmap66 kernel: 13: 000065f4 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:03 mvmap66 kernel: 14: 00006604 length 00000000 status 00000000
May 24 01:55:03 mvmap66 kernel: 15: 00006614 length 00000000 status 00000000
and so on.
Here's my "grep y .config":
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
CONFIG_NET=y
CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_PCI_OPTIMIZE=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_KERNEL_ELF=y
CONFIG_M586=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
CONFIG_FIREWALL=y
CONFIG_INET=y
CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y
CONFIG_RST_COOKIES=y
CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL=y
CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL_VERBOSE=y
CONFIG_IP_ALWAYS_DEFRAG=y
CONFIG_IP_ACCT=y
CONFIG_INET_PCTCP=y
CONFIG_IP_NOSR=y
CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y
CONFIG_SCSI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=y
CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y
CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX=y
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX=y
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_TAGGED_QUEUE=y
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_FORCE_SYNC_NEGO=y
CONFIG_SCSI_PPA=y
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
CONFIG_DUMMY=y
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM=y
CONFIG_EL2=y
CONFIG_VORTEX=y
CONFIG_NET_ISA=y
CONFIG_NE2000=y
CONFIG_QUOTA=y
CONFIG_MINIX_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
CONFIG_FAT_FS=y
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
CONFIG_SMB_FS=y
CONFIG_SMB_WIN95=y
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y
CONFIG_SERIAL=y
CONFIG_RTC=y
And here's my hardware:
PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 11, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. Trio32/Trio64 (rev 64).
Medium devsel. IRQ 9.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf0000000.
Bus 0, device 9, function 0:
SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7871 (rev 0).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 11. Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=8.Max Lat=8.
I/O at 0x6100.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf4000000.
Bus 0, device 8, function 0:
Ethernet controller: 3Com 3C590 10bT (rev 0).
Medium devsel. IRQ 10. Master Capable. Latency=248. Min Gnt=3.Max Lat=8.
I/O at 0x6000.
Bus 0, device 7, function 1:
IDE interface: Intel 82371 Triton PIIX (rev 2).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0x3000.
Bus 0, device 7, function 0:
ISA bridge: Intel 82371 Triton PIIX (rev 2).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. No bursts.
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: Intel 82437 (rev 2).
Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=32.
0: 66190 timer
1: 4416 keyboard
2: 0 cascade
4: 1108 + serial
8: 0 + rtc
10: 23508 3c590 Vortex 10Mbps
11: 11372 + aic7xxx
13: 1 math error
-- Thomas Koenig, Thomas.Koenig@ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de, ig25@dkauni2.bitnet. The joy of engineering is to find a straight line on a double logarithmic diagram.