From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Jaswinder Singh Rajput" Subject: Re: BUG - 2.4.37 fealnx.c NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 21:18:35 +0530 Message-ID: <3f9a31f40901020748m242c46djf153fbab90eeca60@mail.gmail.com> References: <3f9a31f40901020640m4a9a63caq9c96ba84ccd64d88@mail.gmail.com> <20090102144813.GA13757@1wt.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: wtarreau-Dj75qbTlC0E76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, kernel-testers-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, jeff-o2qLIJkoznsdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: "Willy Tarreau" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20090102144813.GA13757-K+wRfnb2/UA@public.gmane.org> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: kernel-testers-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Hello Willy, On 1/2/09, Willy Tarreau wrote: > On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 08:10:50PM +0530, Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote: >> Now I tested fealnx driver from 2.4.37 (2.4 git). I am still getting >> "NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out". Please let me know how >> can I fix this problem. > > Well, I don't have such an adapter, but most of the times I encountered > a similar message with older 10/100 adapters, it was caused by a link > status issue or duplex mismatch. > I think I am also getting same problem, what is the solution. > Could you check with ethtool or mii-diag that the link status is correct > and 100 Mbps/Full duplex (assuming you're connected to a switch) ? > Output of mii-diag -v : eth0: 10 Mbit, half duplex, no link product info: vendor 00:00:00, model 0 rev 0 basic mode: 10 Mbit, half duplex basic status: no link capabilities: advertising: This is the output from very old machine Pentium MMX with Redhat 7.1 I also tested different RTL8139 adapters on different machines with different kernels and different kind of switches and Hubs but I get same error on all the machines. But my other Network devices are working perfectly. Thank you, JSR