Re: tulip_stop_rxtx() failed (CSR5 0xf0260000 CSR6 0xb3862002) on DEC Alpha Personal Workstation 433au

[Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>]

Hi Joe,

On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 10:36:22AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-04-05 at 19:13 +0200, Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> > 
> > I installed Debian unstable on an old digital workstation "DEC Digital
> > Personal Workstation 433au" (Miata) which has an on-board tulip
> > network controller. I'm not really using that network controller but
> > an off-board intel e1000 controller. However, I found that the tulip
> > driver produces a lot of noise in the message log, the following
> > message is repated periodically and spams the whole message log:
> > 
> > 0000:00:03.0: tulip_stop_rxtx() failed (CSR5 0xf0260000 CSR6 0xb3862002)
> > 
> > Do you think this is related to the fact that no cable is connected to
> > the network controller?
> 
> Probably something is trying periodically to open the device.
> Maybe this helps reduce the message log noise:

Thanks for the patch. I will apply it to a current rc of 2.6.34 and
build a new kernel, probably not before tomorrow as I cannot reboot
the Alpha remotely as the "aboot" boot loader does not boot
automatically.

Thanks,

Adrian