2.0.31 & 3c905 Boomerang

Sebastian Benoit (Benoit@Stud-Mailer.Uni-Marburg.DE)
Mon, 17 Nov 1997 15:30:25 +0100 (CET)


My kernel spits out these messages ... (sometimes quite a lot)
is this the buggy 3c905 or a driver problem ?

kernel: 2.0.31

Ethernet controller: 3Com 3C905 100bTX (rev 0).
Medium devsel. IRQ 12. Master Capable. Latency=248. Min
Gnt=3.Max Lat=8. I/O at 0xd800.

pc12330 kernel: Flags; bus-master 1, full 1; dirty 1879212 current 1879228.
pc12330 kernel: Transmit list 00097ae0 vs. 00097ae0.
pc12330 kernel: 0: @00097a20 length 80000036 status 00000036
pc12330 kernel: 1: @00097a30 length 80000036 status 00000036
pc12330 kernel: 2: @00097a40 length 80000046 status 00000046
pc12330 kernel: 3: @00097a50 length 80000037 status 00000037
pc12330 kernel: 4: @00097a60 length 80000036 status 00000036
pc12330 kernel: 5: @00097a70 length 80000036 status 00000036
pc12330 kernel: 6: @00097a80 length 8000006a status 0000006a
pc12330 kernel: 7: @00097a90 length 80000036 status 00000036
...
...

pc12330 kernel: eth0: transmit timed out, tx_status 88 status e000.
pc12330 kernel: eth0: Transmitter encountered 16 collisions -- network cable problem?
pc12330 kernel: Flags; bus-master 1, full 1; dirty 8263 current 8279.
pc12330 kernel: Transmit list 00097a90 vs. 00097a90. Nov 14 16:47:26
pc12330 kernel: 0: @00097a20 length 800000aa status 000000aa
pc12330 kernel: 1: @00097a30 length 8000003a status 0000003a
pc12330 kernel: 2: @00097a40 length 80000037 status 00000037
pc12330 kernel: 3: @00097a50 length 8000004a status 0000004a
pc12330 kernel: 4: @00097a60 length 8000002a status 0000002a
pc12330 kernel: 5: @00097a70 length 8000004a status 8000004a
pc12330 kernel: 6: @00097a80 length 8000002a status 8000002a
...
...

Benno

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