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

From: Stephen Hemminger
Date: Mon Feb 25 2008 - 17:59:08 EST


On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:09:46 +0200
Marin Mitov <mitov@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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

No. that isn't the problem.
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