epic100 error

Oliver Teuber
2001-04-17T16:46:23Z

hi

my smc epic100 card does not work with the device driver from
linux-2.4.3-ac7.

linux-2.2.19 works fine for me.

please take a look at my /var/log/messages ...

Apr 17 09:37:27 olibox kernel: epic100.c:v1.11 1/7/2001 Written by Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com>
Apr 17 09:37:27 olibox kernel: http://www.scyld.com/network/epic100.html
Apr 17 09:37:27 olibox kernel: (unofficial 2.4.x kernel port, version 1.1.6, January 11, 2001)
Apr 17 09:37:27 olibox kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:09.0
Apr 17 09:37:27 olibox kernel: epic100(00:09.0): MII transceiver #3 control 3000 status 7809.
Apr 17 09:37:27 olibox kernel: epic100(00:09.0): Autonegotiation advertising 01e1 link partner 0001.
Apr 17 09:37:27 olibox kernel: eth0: SMSC EPIC/100 83c170 at 0xe800, IRQ 10, 00:e0:29:09:c9:f0.
Apr 17 09:37:27 olibox kernel: eth0: Setting full-duplex based on MII #3 link partner capability of 45e1.
Apr 17 09:37:27 olibox kernel: eth0: Too much work at interrupt, IntrStatus=0x008d0004.
Apr 17 09:37:55 olibox kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
Apr 17 09:37:55 olibox kernel: eth0: Transmit timeout using MII device, Tx status 4003.
Apr 17 09:37:55 olibox kernel: eth0: Restarting the EPIC chip, Rx 1/1 Tx 2/12.
Apr 17 09:37:55 olibox kernel: eth0: epic_restart() done, cmd status 000a, ctl 0512 interrupt 240000.
Apr 17 09:37:56 olibox kernel: eth0: Setting half-duplex based on MII #3 link partner capability of 0001.

...

Apr 17 09:38:15 olibox kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
Apr 17 09:38:15 olibox kernel: eth0: Transmit timeout using MII device, Tx status 000b.
Apr 17 09:38:15 olibox kernel: eth0: Restarting the EPIC chip, Rx 1/1 Tx 7/17.
Apr 17 09:38:15 olibox kernel: eth0: epic_restart() done, cmd status 000a, ctl 0512 interrupt 240000.
Apr 17 09:38:19 olibox kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
Apr 17 09:38:19 olibox kernel: eth0: Transmit timeout using MII device, Tx status 000b.
Apr 17 09:38:19 olibox kernel: eth0: Restarting the EPIC chip, Rx 1/1 Tx 8/17.
Apr 17 09:38:19 olibox kernel: eth0: epic_restart() done, cmd status 000a, ctl 0512 interrupt 240000.
Apr 17 09:38:23 olibox kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
Apr 17 09:38:23 olibox kernel: eth0: Transmit timeout using MII device, Tx status 000b.
Apr 17 09:38:23 olibox kernel: eth0: Restarting the EPIC chip, Rx 1/1 Tx 9/17.
Apr 17 09:38:23 olibox kernel: eth0: epic_restart() done, cmd status 000a, ctl 0512 interrupt 240000.
Apr 17 09:38:27 olibox kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
Apr 17 09:38:27 olibox kernel: eth0: Transmit timeout using MII device, Tx status 000b.
Apr 17 09:38:27 olibox kernel: eth0: Restarting the EPIC chip, Rx 1/1 Tx 10/17.
Apr 17 09:38:27 olibox kernel: eth0: epic_restart() done, cmd status 000a, ctl 0512 interrupt 240000.
Apr 17 09:38:27 olibox kernel: eth0: Too much work at interrupt, IntrStatus=0x008d0004.
Apr 17 09:38:31 olibox kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
Apr 17 09:38:31 olibox kernel: eth0: Transmit timeout using MII device, Tx status 000b.
Apr 17 09:38:31 olibox kernel: eth0: Restarting the EPIC chip, Rx 1/1 Tx 11/17.
Apr 17 09:38:31 olibox kernel: eth0: epic_restart() done, cmd status 000a, ctl 0512 interrupt 240000.

...

olibox:/var/log # cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0
0: 2068590 XT-PIC timer
1: 51210 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
5: 355790 XT-PIC es1371
8: 1 XT-PIC rtc
10: 95257 XT-PIC eth0
12: 625009 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
13: 1 XT-PIC fpu
14: 304339 XT-PIC ide0
15: 8 XT-PIC ide1
NMI: 0

olibox:/var/log # lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C691 [Apollo PRO] (rev 06)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598 [Apollo MVP3 AGP]
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C596 ISA [Apollo PRO] (rev 07)
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586 IDE [Apollo] (rev 06)
00:07.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3050
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Standard Microsystems Corp [SMC] 83C170QF (rev 06)
00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] (rev 06)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Riva TnT2 [NV5] (rev 11)

00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Standard Microsystems Corp [SMC] 83C170QF (rev 06)
Subsystem: Standard Microsystems Corp [SMC] EtherPower II 10/100
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
I/O ports at e800
Memory at e1000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Expansion ROM at e0000000 [disabled]

yours, oliver teuber