From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750716AbVHTWRv (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Aug 2005 18:17:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750717AbVHTWRv (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Aug 2005 18:17:51 -0400 Received: from mail.linicks.net ([217.204.244.146]:37382 "EHLO linux233.linicks.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750716AbVHTWRv (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Aug 2005 18:17:51 -0400 From: Nick Warne To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RTL8139, the final patch ? Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 23:17:46 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.1 References: <200508202153.17837.nick@linicks.net> In-Reply-To: <200508202153.17837.nick@linicks.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200508202317.46937.nick@linicks.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Saturday 20 August 2005 21:53, you wrote: > I have a problem with it: > It's about patching, reverting, patching, reverting,... > I got lost. That's why I asked for a... "straighter" one :-) >> But I looked at what he said and found the real problem on my system (after >> all that): >> http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0403.1/1537.html > It's about a configuration option in the kernel? > The patch is about adding the option, if i'm right. No, what happened was on 2.6.2 all was well. When 2.6.3 came out I got these timeout errors on the NIC's - but using the 2.6.2 8139too.c file in 2.6.3 worked. Mr Hirofumi then took up the challenge and sent me patches. Slowly he resolved the issue, but the conclusion was it wasn't the code causing it. It was an option in my BIOS PCI level/edge settings as I posted. People on laptops get this error, like you, but there is no BIOS option as such... :-/ Nick -- "When you're chewing on life's gristle, Don't grumble, Give a whistle..."