Re: "Bus master arbitration failure"
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:51:20 +0000 (GMT)
> networks. On one network I have 2 machines each of which is sending
> data to 1 machine on the other network (by TCP) as fast as they can
> send.
>
> In doing so the kernel is spitting out the following message about
> once per second:
>
> kernel: eth0: Bus master arbitration failure, status 88f2.
>
>
> The ethernet card involved is an AT1700(?) - using the lance driver.
> There are 3 such cards in this machine.
>
> I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who would know what these messages
> mean. I can provide more detailed information on request if these
> messages represent a problem.
It means your cards are dropping a few packets because the bus arbitration
is taking too long - probably because the other cards are hogging the bus.
They just represent dropped packets
Alan
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