Re: 3c509 hangs with 2.1.105 + ac1,2,3
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 11 Jun 1998 12:28:35 +0100 (BST)
> Under heavy network traffic, my 3c509 hangs 1 or 2 seconds and
> then restarts:
>
> eth0: transmit timed out, Tx_status e0 status 2004 Tx FIFO room 176.
> eth0: transmit timed out, Tx_status e0 status 2004 Tx FIFO room 140.
> eth0: transmit timed out, Tx_status e0 status 2004 Tx FIFO room 72.
> eth0: transmit timed out, Tx_status a0 status 2004 Tx FIFO room 60.
Those appear to be correct timeouts. The Transmit fifo was still
full several seconds after queueing the packets. That indicates that
the lan was still busy and the card had not yet cleared them off
(or the FIFO room would be higher)
How busy a lan ?
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