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From: "Nick Warne" <nick@ukfsn.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: (Fwd) Re: 2.6.3 RT8139too NIC problems [resolved]
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 18:50:51 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <403A4B8B.14358.FE1FB73@localhost> (raw)

> > > > Linux233 kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
> > > > Linux233 kernel: eth1: link up, 10Mbps, half-duplex, lpa 0x0000
> > > > Linux233 kernel: nfs: server 486Linux not responding, still trying
> > > > Linux233 kernel: nfs: server 486Linux not responding, still trying
> > > > Linux233 kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
> > > > Linux233 kernel: nfs: server 486Linux OK
> > > > Linux233 kernel: nfs: server 486Linux OK
> > > > Linux233 kernel: nfs: server 486Linux not responding, still trying
> > > > Linux233 kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
> > > > Linux233 kernel: nfs: server 486Linux OK
> 
> Well, I am at a loss now or any idea what to do next.  I have tried 
> everything this morning to build this an eliminate the problem.  
> Whatever I do, kernel builds nice, boots nice and no problems... 
> except for these NIC timeouts - it makes 2.6.3 totally unusable for 
> me.
> 
> I state again, these _very_same_ cards work perfectly under any other 
> kernel I have ever used over the last 3 years (like I am back on 
> 2.6.2 right now).

"This is usually irq routing related...  Try booting with 'noapic' or 
similar. Jeff"

OK, this was the solution.  I am right bloody idiot.  Good call Jeff.

I believed I had APIC turned off (I didn't).  So I then compiled 
kernel with debugging set in 8139too.c, and thought I would be real 
cool and catch the problem and submit a kernel patch (Yea, right!).  
I also looked at what I done.

I was booting with append=noapic... then read a bit... it needed to 
be a string, append="noapic".

It all works great now on 2.6.3.

Sorry to bother you guys when nothing is wrong, and I apologise for 
me being a dipstick twice over :/

Regards,

Nick

-- 
"I am not Spock", said Leonard Nimoy.
"And it is highly illogical of humans to assume so."-- 
"I am not Spock", said Leonard Nimoy.
"And it is highly illogical of humans to assume so."


             reply	other threads:[~2004-02-23 18:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-02-23 18:50 Nick Warne [this message]
2004-02-23 19:46 ` (Fwd) Re: 2.6.3 RT8139too NIC problems [resolved] Frédéric L. W. Meunier

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