Re: [OT] Comments to WinNT Mag !!

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 5 May 1999 13:38:56 +0100 (BST)


> Any ideas on the Tx errors?
> Are they Tx FIFO errors on the NIC?
>
> If so which one?
>
> I have this problem on 2.2.x kernels, running the Symbios scsi/ethernet
> combo (PCNet32 driver), when running on 100Base lan, but none on ten. It
> appears to be largely occuring when connecting to an HP-UX 11.x server
> (CVS and NFS).

Tx FIFO errors occur when the PCNet32 driver is sending a packet and cannot
get it across the PCI bus fast enough. That typically occurs only if another
device has a very high PCI latency. It occurs a lot with the ISA ones on
ISA/PCI boards for similar reasons

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