NETDEV WATCHDOG with 2.4.5

NETDEV WATCHDOG with 2.4.5

[kees]

Hi,

I tried 2.4.5 but after a couple of hours I lost all network connectivety.
The log shows:


Jun 25 19:34:17 schoen3 kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
Jun 25 19:34:17 schoen3 kernel: eth0: Tx timed out, lost
interrupt? TSR=0x3, ISR=0Jun 25 19:34:19 schoen3 kernel: NETDEV
WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
Jun 25 19:34:19 schoen3 kernel: eth0: Tx timed out, lost
interrupt? TSR=0x3, ISR=0Jun 25 19:34:21 schoen3 kernel: NETDEV
WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
Jun 25 19:34:21 schoen3 kernel: eth0: Tx timed out, lost
interrupt? TSR=0x3, ISR=0/tmp/NETDEV


O well, back to 2.2.19 again. The network card is 

<6>ne2k-pci.c: v1.02 for Linux 2.2, 10/19/2000, D. Becker/P. Gortmaker,
http://www<4>ne2k-pci.c: PCI NE2000 clone 'Compex RL2000' at I/O 0xec00,
IRQ 19.
<4>eth0: Compex RL2000 found at 0xec00, IRQ 19, 00:80:48:CA:1D:4C.

regards 
Kees

Re: NETDEV WATCHDOG with 2.4.5

[Tim Timmerman]

>>>>> "kees" == kees  <kees@schoen.nl> writes:

kees> Hi,

kees> I tried 2.4.5 but after a couple of hours I lost all network
kees> connectivety.  The log shows:
<snip>
	Can I just add a me too here ?

	System: Abit BP6, Dual Celeron, Ne2k-pci, usb ohci and
	scanner; 128 Mb Ram, Nvidia TNT2 graphics. Kernel 2.4.5

	After scanning a couple of images (scanner is a Mustek 1200cu)
	using Xsane, the system simply hangs. All network connectivity
	dies, and the system basically stops responding. I can switch
	consoles, and maybe log in[1], but that's basically it.

	Debugging this is a bit beyond me, but it is fairly
	reproducible, so let me know what I need to do to provide
	useful information (The system is not critical, though I'd
	prefer not to break it)

	Sorry, no logs.. 

	TimT. 
	
[1] /var/spool/mail is NFS mounted, so a check for mail times out. 

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Re: NETDEV WATCHDOG with 2.4.5

[Andrew Morton]

Tim Timmerman wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "kees" == kees  <kees@schoen.nl> writes:
> 
> kees> Hi,
> 
> kees> I tried 2.4.5 but after a couple of hours I lost all network
> kees> connectivety.  The log shows:
> <snip>
>         Can I just add a me too here ?
> 
>         System: Abit BP6, Dual Celeron, Ne2k-pci, usb ohci and
>         scanner; 128 Mb Ram, Nvidia TNT2 graphics. Kernel 2.4.5

ne2k and, to a lesser extent, 3c59x do not work correctly on many
x86 SMP machines because of a problem with the APIC interrupt
controller.

Probable fixes include booting with the `noapic' option,
running -ac kernels or applying Maciej's APIC workaround
patch.  There's a copy at http://www.uow.edu.au/~andrewm/linux/apic.txt

Re: NETDEV WATCHDOG with 2.4.5

[kees]

Hi Andrew,

But why does it work with 2.2.19??

Kees



On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Andrew Morton wrote:

> Tim Timmerman wrote:
> > 
> > >>>>> "kees" == kees  <kees@schoen.nl> writes:
> > 
> > kees> Hi,
> > 
> > kees> I tried 2.4.5 but after a couple of hours I lost all network
> > kees> connectivety.  The log shows:
> > <snip>
> >         Can I just add a me too here ?
> > 
> >         System: Abit BP6, Dual Celeron, Ne2k-pci, usb ohci and
> >         scanner; 128 Mb Ram, Nvidia TNT2 graphics. Kernel 2.4.5
> 
> ne2k and, to a lesser extent, 3c59x do not work correctly on many
> x86 SMP machines because of a problem with the APIC interrupt
> controller.
> 
> Probable fixes include booting with the `noapic' option,
> running -ac kernels or applying Maciej's APIC workaround
> patch.  There's a copy at http://www.uow.edu.au/~andrewm/linux/apic.txt
> 

Re: NETDEV WATCHDOG with 2.4.5

[Andrew Morton]

kees wrote:
> 
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> But why does it work with 2.2.19??

Different APIC code, I guess.

Sorry - all I know about the APIC is that it's a four-letter
word :)

-

Re: NETDEV WATCHDOG with 2.4.5

[Tim Timmerman]

Andrew,

   Thanks for your suggestions.. I'll try the noapic boot tonight, see
   if that makes any difference. The patches will have to wait till
   the weekend...

   TimT. 

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Re: NETDEV WATCHDOG with 2.4.5

[Tim Timmerman]

>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Morton <andrewm@uow.edu.au> writes:

Andrew> Tim Timmerman wrote:
>> 
>> >>>>> "kees" == kees  <kees@schoen.nl> writes:
>> 
kees> Hi,
>> 
kees> I tried 2.4.5 but after a couple of hours I lost all network
kees> connectivety.  The log shows:
>> <snip>
>> Can I just add a me too here ?
>> 
>> System: Abit BP6, Dual Celeron, Ne2k-pci, usb ohci and
>> scanner; 128 Mb Ram, Nvidia TNT2 graphics. Kernel 2.4.5
<snip>

Andrew> Probable fixes include booting with the `noapic' option,
Andrew> running -ac kernels or applying Maciej's APIC workaround
Andrew> patch.  There's a copy at http://www.uow.edu.au/~andrewm/linux/apic.txt
Andrew> -
   Didn't check the patch, but went straight for 2.4.5-ac20... No hangs,
   and better performance than before.

   TimT. 
   

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Re: NETDEV WATCHDOG with 2.4.5

[rc]

On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 07:28:23PM +0200, kees wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I tried 2.4.5 but after a couple of hours I lost all network connectivety.
> The log shows:
> 
> 
> Jun 25 19:34:17 schoen3 kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
> Jun 25 19:34:17 schoen3 kernel: eth0: Tx timed out, lost
> interrupt? TSR=0x3, ISR=0Jun 25 19:34:19 schoen3 kernel: NETDEV
> WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
> Jun 25 19:34:19 schoen3 kernel: eth0: Tx timed out, lost
> interrupt? TSR=0x3, ISR=0Jun 25 19:34:21 schoen3 kernel: NETDEV
> WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
> Jun 25 19:34:21 schoen3 kernel: eth0: Tx timed out, lost
> interrupt? TSR=0x3, ISR=0/tmp/NETDEV

Known bug, been there since at least 2.4.0-test11.  There was a patched
2.4.2 that worked well here, as well as 2.4.5-ac17 (Though I haven't tested
2.4.5-ac17 as long as the patched 2.4.2).

R C

Re: NETDEV WATCHDOG with 2.4.5

[G. Hugh Song]

My Linux for Alpha on UP2000 SMP has had the same problem with 
the newer kernels 2.4.* with the tulip network driver.
It's got Netgear 310TX with the Digital's original 21140 chip.
In my case, it has nothing to do with the APIC because Alpha 
does not have anything related to APIC.

I suspected that the the message may indicate various
different situations:

G. Hugh Song