From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932116AbVHWJo6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Aug 2005 05:44:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932115AbVHWJo6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Aug 2005 05:44:58 -0400 Received: from smtp2.netcologne.de ([194.8.194.218]:21459 "EHLO smtp2.netcologne.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932114AbVHWJo6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Aug 2005 05:44:58 -0400 Message-ID: <430AF072.2060908@mch.one.pl> Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:46:26 +0200 From: Tomasz Chmielewski User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6-3mdk (X11/20050322) X-Accept-Language: de-DE, de, en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: mass "tulip_stop_rxtx() failed", network stops References: <430AE85E.5040002@mch.one.pl> <5a2cf1f6050823023741682524@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5a2cf1f6050823023741682524@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org jerome lacoste schrieb: > On 8/23/05, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: > >>We are running almost 20 Fujitsu-Siemens Scenic machines, 2.6.8.1 >>kernel, equipped with a onboard card that uses a tulip module: >> >>02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Linksys NC100 Network Everywhere Fast >>Ethernet 10/100 (rev 11) >> >>No problem with those. >> >> >>We are running four more machines like that, the only difference is the >>kernel they are running (2.6.11.4). >> >>On some of them, there are serious problems with a network, and they >>usually happen when the traffic is bigger than usual (i.e., some big >>software deployment to several workstations, remote backup, etc.). >> >>The syslog is then full of entries like that: >> >>Aug 21 04:04:30 SERVER-B-HS kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit >>timed out >>Aug 21 04:04:30 SERVER-B-HS kernel: 0000:00:06.0: tulip_stop_rxtx() failed > > > I am seeing thousands of tulip_stop_rxtx() failed messages as well > with 2.6.11. No regular network failure though. > > See http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/1/message/110291/flat Lucky you. Really no network problems, no increased ping responses? For me lots of pings are lost, and when this "tulip_stop_rxtx() failed" happens, the time for a ping to "go back" can be as big as 14 seconds in a 100 Mbit LAN. -- Tomek http://wpkg.org