eepro100 problems with 2.2.15pre[123]

[Nick Burrett]

> On Wed, Jan 19, 2000 at 05:42:36PM +0100, Leos Bitto wrote:
>> this is a basic information:
>> 
>> eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 Donald Becker
>> http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/eepro100.html
>> eepro100.c: $Revision: 1.18 $ 1999/12/29 Modified by Andrey V. Savochkin <saw en msu.ru>
>> eth0: Intel PCI EtherExpress Pro100 at 0xc8037000, 00:90:27:09:24:F8, IRQ 9.
>>   Board assembly 701738-003, Physical connectors present: RJ45
>>   Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
>>   General self-test: passed.
>>   Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
>>   Internal registers self-test: passed.
>>   ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x24c9f043).
>>   Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
>> 
>> and this is the debug info I get when upload stops:
>> 
>> eth0: Transmit timed out: status 0050  0000 at 2071/2099 command 000c0000.
>[snip]
>> 
>> Then there's a few seconds pause, then:
>> 
>> eth0: Transmit timed out: status 0050  0000 at 3765/3793 command 000c0000.
>
>Well, I don't see anything in the data which may explain temporary hangs.
>What debug level you ran the driver at?
>The most interesting (but not very boring) level is 3.
>
>Have you seen any other reports from the driver?
>If the transmit timeout messages are the only messages you see on debug level
>3 I'll prepare a special version of the driver with extra debug output for
>you.

I too have experienced this problem but I found that moving the PCI
card from a shared ISA/PCI slot to an alternative PCI slot solved the
problem.  The Intel card would occasionally boot up reporting that
bus-mastering didn't work.

Regards,


Nick.


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