Re: 8139too.c and 2.4.4-pre1 kernel burp

From: Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Date: Fri Apr 13 2001 - 17:39:01 EST

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Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
>
> jeff garzik wrote:
> >
> > Frank Jacobberger wrote:
> > >
> > > Jeff,
> > >
> > > I noticed the following on boot with 2.4.4-pre1:
> > >
> > > kernel: eth0: Too much work at interrupt, IntrStatus=0x0001.
> > >
> > > What is this saying to me :)
> >
> > How often does this occur? A lot, or just once or twice?
>
> i'm seeing this, too. it occurs *very* often during access of the
> card:
>
> Apr 13 11:08:11 kleineronkel kernel: eth0: Too much work at
> interrupt, IntrStatus=0x0001.
> Apr 13 11:08:44 kleineronkel last message repeated 869 times
> Apr 13 11:09:29 kleineronkel last message repeated 59 times
> Apr 13 11:10:04 kleineronkel last message repeated 2 times
> Apr 13 11:11:43 kleineronkel last message repeated 149 times
> Apr 13 11:11:59 kleineronkel last message repeated 4 times
> Apr 13 11:13:01 kleineronkel last message repeated 7 times
> Apr 13 11:15:01 kleineronkel kernel: eth0: Too much work at
> interrupt, IntrStatus=0x0001.
> Apr 13 11:16:15 kleineronkel last message repeated 6 times
> Apr 13 11:16:15 kleineronkel kernel: eth0: Too much work at
> interrupt, IntrStatus=0x0001.
> Apr 13 11:18:01 kleineronkel last message repeated 5 times
> Apr 13 11:18:06 kleineronkel modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
> net-pf-10
> Apr 13 11:18:08 kleineronkel sshd[1631]: Accepted password for ROOT
> from 127.0.0.1 port 32948
> Apr 13 11:18:08 kleineronkel modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
> net-pf-10
> Apr 13 11:18:09 kleineronkel kernel: eth0: Too much work at
> interrupt, IntrStatus=0x0001.
>
> and so on.
>
> it might be important that i'm sharing the IRQ:
>
> kleineronkel:~ # cat /proc/interrupts
> CPU0 CPU1
> 0: 294470 246477 IO-APIC-edge timer
> 1: 4552 5266 IO-APIC-edge keyboard
> 2: 0 0 XT-PIC cascade
> 8: 2 0 IO-APIC-edge rtc
> 12: 29084 29205 IO-APIC-edge PS/2 Mouse
> 14: 4 4 IO-APIC-edge ide0
> 15: 4924 5704 IO-APIC-edge ide1
> 16: 1256 1373 IO-APIC-level EMU10K1
> 17: 0 0 IO-APIC-level Ensoniq AudioPCI
> 19: 76145 76111 IO-APIC-level aic7xxx, eth0
> NMI: 0 0
> LOC: 540865 540843
> ERR: 0
>
> and yes, this is an SMP box (dual p3/600) with a bx chipset.
>
> please keep me on cc:, as i have only archive access to LKML.
> thanks.
> btw, jeff, the old "kernel: eth0: Abnormal interrupt, status
> 0000000[2,6]" messages have disappeared since 2.4.3 or so.

I've fixed this locally. I just need to test all the RTL chips (five or
six variants) before I send the next patch to Linus/Alan...

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