The driver was 0.46c o something like this!!!
Gabriele Paciucci Linux User Group Roma
LiMe97: IO C'ERO !!!!
On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, Sebastian Benoit wrote:
>
> My kernel spits out these messages ... (sometimes quite a lot)
> is this the buggy 3c905 or a driver problem ?
>
> kernel: 2.0.31
>
> Ethernet controller: 3Com 3C905 100bTX (rev 0).
> Medium devsel. IRQ 12. Master Capable. Latency=248. Min
> Gnt=3.Max Lat=8. I/O at 0xd800.
>
>
>
> pc12330 kernel: Flags; bus-master 1, full 1; dirty 1879212 current 1879228.
> pc12330 kernel: Transmit list 00097ae0 vs. 00097ae0.
> pc12330 kernel: 0: @00097a20 length 80000036 status 00000036
> pc12330 kernel: 1: @00097a30 length 80000036 status 00000036
> pc12330 kernel: 2: @00097a40 length 80000046 status 00000046
> pc12330 kernel: 3: @00097a50 length 80000037 status 00000037
> pc12330 kernel: 4: @00097a60 length 80000036 status 00000036
> pc12330 kernel: 5: @00097a70 length 80000036 status 00000036
> pc12330 kernel: 6: @00097a80 length 8000006a status 0000006a
> pc12330 kernel: 7: @00097a90 length 80000036 status 00000036
> ...
> ...
>
> pc12330 kernel: eth0: transmit timed out, tx_status 88 status e000.
> pc12330 kernel: eth0: Transmitter encountered 16 collisions -- network cable problem?
> pc12330 kernel: Flags; bus-master 1, full 1; dirty 8263 current 8279.
> pc12330 kernel: Transmit list 00097a90 vs. 00097a90. Nov 14 16:47:26
> pc12330 kernel: 0: @00097a20 length 800000aa status 000000aa
> pc12330 kernel: 1: @00097a30 length 8000003a status 0000003a
> pc12330 kernel: 2: @00097a40 length 80000037 status 00000037
> pc12330 kernel: 3: @00097a50 length 8000004a status 0000004a
> pc12330 kernel: 4: @00097a60 length 8000002a status 0000002a
> pc12330 kernel: 5: @00097a70 length 8000004a status 8000004a
> pc12330 kernel: 6: @00097a80 length 8000002a status 8000002a
> ...
> ...
>
>
> Benno
>
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>
> - Sebastian Benoit
> - benoit@mathematik.uni-marburg.de
> - http://www.mathematik.uni-marburg.de/~benoit
>