Re: net: tx timeouts with skge, 8139too, dmfe drivers/NICs

From: Marin Mitov
Date: Mon Feb 25 2008 - 17:08:20 EST


Hi Stephen,

> Make sure the interrupt is showing up as level triggered in
> /proc/interrupts. The BIOS may be configuring it as edge-triggered and that
> won't work with Ethernet drivers that use NAPI.

for: skge <--> Marvell 88E8001 chip
cat /proc/interrupts gives (AMD64 X2 SMP):
CPU0 CPU1
21: 11691000 11933174 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth0

It is neither IO-APIC-edge, nor IO-APIC-level.

Could it be the problem?

Marin Mitov


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