Re: PROBLEM: Network hang: "eth0: Tx timed out (f0080), is buffer full?" (Plain)

Richard Ems
2004-12-17T17:17:06Z

Jon Mason wrote:
> It seems to me the cause of the tx timeouts is the "HostError", which
> is a PCI bus error. This most likely caused the adapter to hang and
> then the transmits started timing out.
>
> As far as I can tell, the dl2k driver code is common between 2.4 and
> 2.6. So, some other change in the kernel is causing the driver to
> behave differently and expose this problem.
>
> I am not the maintainer, but I can try to assist you. However, it will
> require running debug drivers (as I am not able to find any
> documentation on this adapter). If you are not willing or able to do
> this, then I would suggest going back to the 2.4 kernel.

Ok, yes, I'm willing to try your debug drivers. We'll see if I'm also
able ;-)

What shall I do?

Thanks ,Richard

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