# I've been seeing ethernet timeouts on my box since around 2.1.106 when
# using an SMP kernel. Non-SMP the card behaves fine. It also only occurs on
# heavy outbound network load (outbound from the box).
#
# The hang locks up all network activity for around 0.5 to 1 second.
# Oct 2 12:08:38 sweep kernel: eth0: transmit timed out, Tx_status e0 status 2004 Tx FIFO room 1040.
# The card is a 3c509, currently the machine is running 2.1.123. The box
# itself is a dual PII.
# Any pointers as to where I should be looking?
Sure. At a store for a non-3com card. I had this exact same problem. I
complained about it five or six times, on linux-kernel, on linux-net, on
linux-smp, and the only response I ever got was "its perfectly normal
behavior for a loaded network - Welcome to Ethernet you idiot".
To which I said, "this occurs on a network of 2 machines. It isn't loaded.
This can't be normal".
To which I got, "Yes it is."
To which I said, "Then why doesn't the other computer that uses a Ne2k
clone have this happen?"
To which I received dead air.
I finally gave up and bought a 5 pack of NE2k ISA clones (I needed them
anyway), slapped one inside my computer and voila! It fixed it.
There is a bug in the drivers, but no one believed me even though I
thought I could prove it.
Good luck.
G'day!
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