Re: 3c59x.c messages

Hubert Mantel (mantel@suse.de)
Tue, 25 Nov 1997 16:51:14 +0100 (MET)


Hi,

On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Chris Evans wrote:

> I've got the following new messages from both v0.44 and v0.46C of the
> driver;
>
> Transmit error: tx status 90
> (Stack of transmit timeouts)
> Host error: FIFO diagnostic register 0400
>
>
> Can anyone explain there, in particular is there
>
> a) flaky driver
> b) card is on the blink
>
> Kernel is 2.0.32. Card is Vortex, revision _with_ hardware bug I think.

We get the same errors with 0.46C on Vortexes. Using version 0.42 the
problems are gone. For Boomerangs however, 0.46C seems to be the better
choice.

> Cheers
> Chris

Hubert